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Faculty and staff resources

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Call (210) 567-CARE (2273) to share a concern about a Health Science Center colleague, friend or perhaps even yourself, who may need help in dealing with a difficult situation. This is a nonemergency phone number answered by the UT Health Science Center Police Department. Dispatchers will help determine whether an immediate response is needed or whether a referral for assistance is the best approach.

Calls to this phone number are confidential within the limits of the law.

You can also call this number to request general nonemergency police assistance, such as an escort to your car, help with a dead battery or assistance if you are locked out of your office.

UT Employee Assistance Program

The UT Employee Assistance Program, offered through Human Resources, provides counseling services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Appointments with a counselor can be arranged within an identified zip code within 48 hours, or for those who feel they are in crisis, there are licensed therapists available immediately to help by phone. To make an appointment or talk with a therapist immediately call toll free (866) 320-2593.

HR assistance for supervisors

Human Resources employee relations consultants are available to advise supervisors regarding employee issues. The consultants are assigned to specific departments:

J. Michael Tesh Vice President for Human Resources (210) 567-2600
Heather Kobbe School of Medicine, Dentistry, UT Medicine, CTRC, So. Texas Locations (210) 567-2323
Savosha Knowles-Norwood School of Medicine, Dentistry, UT Medicine, CTRC, So. Texas Locations (210) 567-2593
Linda Sendaula School of Nursing, Dental School, Research, Academic and Student Affairs, Internal Audit, External Affairs, Library, Business Units and UT Police Department (210) 567-2592
Ted Johnson VP Research, Graduate School, Academic Affairs, Development, School of Health Professions (210) 567-5606

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Helpful Information

Most of us are reluctant to become involved in a friend or colleague's personal business. However, a genuine expression of care and concern, along with a referral for help, may help avert stress, behavioral concerns or violence.

Frequently asked questions

  • What are the warning signs that a person may become violent?

    Often people who act violently have trouble controlling their feelings. They may have been hurt by others. Some think that making people fear them through violence will solve their problems or earn them respect. This isn't true.

    People who behave violently lose respect. They find themselves isolated or disliked, and they still feel angry and frustrated.

    If you notice certain warning signs, violence is a serious possibility.

  • What can you do if someone you know shows violence warning signs of violence?

    When you recognize warning signs of violence in someone else, there are things you can do. Hoping that someone else will deal with the situation is the easy way out.

    Above all, be safe. Don’t spend time alone with people who show these signs. If possible without putting yourself in danger, remove the person from the situation that’s setting them off.

    Tell someone you trust and respect about your concerns and ask for help. This could be a family member, teacher, clergy member or a friend. On campus, contact UT Advantage Faculty & Staff Assistance Program offered through Human Resources, UT Police Department, Student Counseling Service or the Student Health Center.

    If you are worried about being a victim of violence, get someone in authority to protect you. Do not resort to violence or use a weapon to protect yourself.

    The key to really preventing violent behavior is asking an experienced professional for help. Do not try to handle the situation alone.

  • Are you at risk for violent behavior?

    If you recognize any of the warning signs for violent behavior in yourself, get help. You don’t have to live with the guilt, sadness and frustration that come from hurting others. Admitting you have a concern about hurting others is the first step. The second is to talk to a trusted professional.

  • How can I recognize suicidal behavior?

    Some people who have trouble dealing with their feelings don’t react by lashing out at others. Instead, they direct violence toward themselves. The most final and devastating expression of this kind of violence is suicide.

    Like people who are violent toward others, potential suicide victims often behave in a recognizable way before they try to end their lives. Suicide, like other forms of violence, is preventable. The two most important steps in prevention are recognizing warning signs and getting help.

  • What are the warning signs for suicide?

    Become familiar with warning signs of behavior that could escalate into violence:

    • Talks about committing suicide
    • Has trouble eating or sleeping
    • Exhibits drastic changes in behavior
    • Withdraws from friends or social activities
    • Loses interest in school, work or hobbies
    • Prepares for death by writing a will and making final arrangements
    • Gives away prized possessions
    • Has attempted suicide before
    • Takes unnecessary risks
    • Has recently experienced serious losses
    • Seems preoccupied with death and dying
    • Loses interest in his or her personal appearance
    • Increases alcohol or drug use
  • How can I tell if I am stressed out and should see help?

    Answer the following questions. The more questions you answer with a “yes,” the more important it is that you should seek help.

    • Do you feel overloaded?
    • Do you feel more burdened than usual?
    • Do you find yourself feeling short-tempered, and losing patience with others lately?
    • Are you feeling frustrated by things that usually don’t frustrate you?
    • Do you have difficulty concentrating?
    • Are you crying more than usual?
    • Have you had any major change in appetite or sleep patterns?
    • Are you experiencing stomach pain or uneasiness?
    • Are your neck and shoulders sore? Are you having backaches?
    • Are you clenching or grinding your teeth?
    • Are you experiencing feelings of hopelessness about academic, professional or personal problems?
    • Do you feel you just can’t see your way out of the situation?

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Feeling safe while working or earning your degree at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio is something most of us take for granted. However, there could be times when you feel concerned, uncomfortable or perhaps even threatened by the behavior of others.

Campus Awareness Requires Everyone

An unstable romantic relationship, negative performance review, stress about grades or suicidal thoughts are just a few of the many situations that could become dangerous. To address these concerns, Health Science Center leadership instituted the Behavioral Intervention Team and this website, which offers recommendations, resources and training. Please become familiar with it now. If stress becomes a problem or you notice unusual behavior in others, take action. Immediately call one of the phone numbers below to help keep our campus safe.

Behavioral intervention team

We're here to offer advice and education on how to prevent campus disturbances and to facilitate a coordinated response, should a campus emergency involving violence or disturbed behavior occur.

John Kaulfus, Ed.D.

Chief Student Affairs Officer & Title IX Director

kaulfus@uthscsa.edu

(210) 567-2982

Michael Parks

Chief of Police

parksM@uthscsa.edu

(210) 559-2072

Mia Veve, Ph.D.

Director of the Student Counseling Center

veve@uthscsa.edu

(210) 567-2648

When do I call UT Police (210) 567-8911?

Call the UT Health Science Center Police Department when there is imminent danger, such as an emergency situation, concern about dangerous or unusual behavior or a feeling that something is just not right.

  • 911 – Call this number from any campus phone for immediate assistance
  • (210) 567-8911 – Program this emergency number into your mobile device to call campus police.

When do I call (210) 567-CARE (2273)?

Call 567-CARE to share a concern about a Health Science Center colleague, friend or perhaps even yourself, who may need help in dealing with a difficult situation.

This is a nonemergency phone number answered by the UT Health Science Center Police Department. Dispatchers will help determine whether an immediate response is needed or whether a referral for assistance is the best approach.

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Campus Awareness Requires Everyone

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Medical residents & fellows resources

The Office Graduate Medical Education offers an Employee Assistance Program for medical residents and fellows. Call (866) EAP-2400 for an assessment or counseling session over the phone, or to schedule a personal counseling session or a legal or financial consultation. The website also offers referrals to community resources.

Additional personal counseling is available by appointment through the UT Health Science Center Department of Psychiatry. Call (210) 567-5430 and identify yourself as a Health Science Center resident or fellow.

In addition, an individual who is concerned about his or her own impairment or the impairment of a colleague can report these concerns anonymously to the Graduate Medical Education Hotline,
(800) 500-0333.

Below are links to other useful resources:

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UT Health Police

The mission of the Health Science Center Police Department is to work with the campus community to provide a safe place to work and study. Commissioned campus peace officers have the same authority as city and county police in the counties where Health Science Center campuses are located.

UTH Police Site

The department is accredited by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and is the first university campus to become accredited by the Texas Police Chiefs Association, a designation typically sought by municipal law enforcement agencies. Receiving these accreditations involved developing plans and procedures to protect the campus beyond what is normally found on most college campuses.

Prevention resources

  • An Emergency Preparedness Manual, with important phone numbers and information on how to respond to a variety of emergency situations, including personal threats, a fire, bomb threats, hazardous material spill, suspicious packages, hostage situations and a person shooting a gun on campus.
  • Campus Safety Videos (UT Health Science Center login required), an excellent source of videos that provides information on topics ranging from preventing violence to what to do in the event of an active shooter.
  • The Annual Security Report provides crime statistics and information about the Rape Aggression Defense Class and other programs to prevent criminal activity.

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When to contact

Call the UT Health Science Center Police Department when there is imminent danger, such as an emergency situation or concerns about dangerous or unusual behavior.

  • Call 911 from any campus desk phone for immediate assistance

  • Program (210) 567-8911 into your cell phone for immediate police response on campus.

  • Call (210) 567-CARE to share a concern about an individual's behavior. This is a nonemergency phone number answered by the UT Health Science Center Police Department. Dispatchers have special training and will help determine whether an immediate response is needed or whether a referral for assistance is the best approach.

  • Use the Silent Witness Program to anonymously report criminal activity on campus

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Resources

There are several resources available to help keep our campus safe. Take a moment to become familiar with these resources now so that you will know how to help someone who is under stress or react should there be an emergency situation on campus.

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UT Police

(210)567-8911

The UT Health Science Center Police Department offers many resources to help faculty, staff and students prepare for emergencies:

Call (210) 567-2800 for nonemergency police assistance

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(210) 567-CARE (2273)

  • To voice a concern about an individual's behavior
  • If there is acute danger, they will send an officer immediately
  • If not acute, referral to the Counseling Service for students or UT Employee Assistance Program for faculty and staff members

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Student resources

Call (210) 567-CARE (2273) to share a concern about a Health Science Center colleague, friend or perhaps even yourself, who may need help in dealing with a difficult situation. This is a nonemergency phone number answered by the UT Health Science Center Police Department. Dispatchers will help determine whether an immediate response is needed or whether a referral for assistance is the best approach.

Calls to this phone number are confidential within the limits of the law.

You can also call this number to request general nonemergency police assistance, such as an escort to your car, help with a dead battery.

  • Student Counseling Center offers free and confidential counseling to students between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room 101F. Call (210) 567-2648.
  • Health services are provided for students in San Antonio, Laredo and Harlingen.

Helpful contacts for students

Dental School Adriana Segura, D.D.S., M.S.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
(210) 567-3180
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Niquete Blake, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
(210) 567-3722
School of Health Professions David Henzi, Ed.D.
Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs
(210) 567-4818
School of Medicine Thomas Matthews, M.D.
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
(210) 567-0302
School of Nursing David Byrd, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Services
(210) 567-5837
Student Affairs John Kaulfus
Senior Director, Student Success & Title IX Director
(210) 567-2982

Parents

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is committed to providing a safe campus environment for your student.

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Warning signs

Become familiar with warning signs of behavior that could escalate into violence:

  • Verbal, nonverbal or written threats of intimidation
  • Explicit or subtle, direct or veiled threats
  • Indications of marked mood swings
  • Violence toward inanimate objects
  • Fascination with weaponry and/or acts of violence
  • Displays of unwarranted anger
  • Reactions of fear toward an employee or student that are shared among coworkers or students
  • Sabotaging of projects or equipment
  • Holding a grudge against a specific person or verbalizing a hope that something will happen to him or her
  • Unwarranted or extreme expressions of distrust and persecution
  • Unreciprocated romantic obsession
  • Inappropriate or destructive behavior in response to significant life stress, such as divorce, death or job loss
  • Strong external reactions to criticism
  • Physical reactions that indicate extreme stress or anger, such as clenching of fists, red in face and pacing
  • Distressing or concerning expressions of hopelessness or heightened anxiety
  • Lack of concern for the safety of others

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People. Possibilities. Promise.

At UT Health San Antonio, each of us is on a journey to help create a better tomorrow.

Discover UT Health San Antonio

It all starts with a passion to change everything.

The thirst for knowledge. A yearning to discover. Together, we can provide answers where there are none. Whether we’re fighting cancer, working to cure diabetes, or training the brightest minds in medicine, we can all provide hope to those in need. We can lead the way in care. Prevent disease. And discover a better world.

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Benefits

At UT Health San Antonio, we offer comprehensive total rewards programs that are designed to motivate and engage our employees as we achieve a culture of excellence.

Benefits are established and managed through the UT System Office of Employee Benefits. Employees who work at least 20 hours a week, with an appointment time of at least 4.5 months are eligible to enroll.

The UT Health Network, under the UT SELECT medical plan, provides lower copays and coinsurance for employees, retirees and their dependents when using UT Health Physicians or UT medical facilities for care. For questions about this new benefit, please send an email to benefits@uthscsa.edu.

UT Health San Antonio employees also enjoy a range of discounts on services, tickets and gym membership.

Compensation

Market competitive salaries commensurate with education and experience are offered for all positions. We make informed decisions to provide an equitable compensation to our team.

UT Health Network

Comprehensive medical coverage is effective on the first day of employment for all benefits eligible employees. We offer an enhanced plan design for participants receiving services from select UT physicians and select UT medical facilities.

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Time-Off

Generous leave programs provide employees with an exceptional level of work-life balance. Employees are eligible for 16-26 days of paid time off per year based on years of service, 12 paid holidays, and three floating holidays to use any time.

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Our Culture

People

Our Culture

We are on a journey for a better tomorrow. To make every life we touch better, through knowledge, understanding, compassion, and integrity. Together we promise better, with 10,000 strong united as one.

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Who We Are

UT Health San Antonio is the region’s leading healthcare provider, committed to academic excellence. We serve patients in San Antonio and South Texas. Our health care professionals serve in more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities across San Antonio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. More than 3,000 students, researchers and post-doctoral students from around the world come to the UT Health San Antonio to study, research and discover new breakthroughs.

Our Mission

To make lives better through excellence in education, research, health care and community engagement. Strategies for achieving this mission are: Educating a diverse student body to become excellent health care providers and scientists. Engaging in research to understand health and disease. Commercializing discoveries, as appropriate, to benefit the public. Providing compassionate and culturally proficient health care. Engaging our community to improve health. Influencing thoughtful advances in health policy.

Our History

Two grain silos and a hundred-acre dairy farm have been miraculously transformed over the past few decades to a Health Science Center of international renown. In 1959 Gov. Price Daniel signed House Bill 9, creating the South Texas Medical School. Six years later, the Joe J. Nix Dairy Farm, a wide expanse of grazing land, cattle pens, milking barns and silos to store cattle feed, was conveyed to the State of Texas to build a School of Medicine. On July 12, 1968, The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio (which had been renamed in 1967) and Bexar County Teaching Hospital (now University Hospital) were dedicated.

Other schools were added in succeeding years, and in 1972 the institution name officially became The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Today, UT Health San Antonio is a vital part of San Antonio’s $37 billion health care and bioscience industry.

Today, the university graduates 200 physicians, 400 nurses, 100 dentists, 300 health professionals in other fields and 100 scientists each year. Additionally, the health science center provides a vast amount of continuing medical and dental education, affords 1.5 million patient visits each year and offers more than $8 million in uncompensated care to the medically indigent.

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Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology

From basic science to clinical trials: spearheading research and educational initiatives focused on the role of the microbiome and the associated metabolites in health and diseases.

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Mission

The mission of the Center for Mucosal and Microbiome Biology (CMMB) is to support the advancement of microbiome research and education at UTHSA with the ultimate goal of translating discoveries in this field into innovative diagnostics and therapeutics that save lives. The center aims to bolster collaboration between investigators, creating research infrastructure support, enhancing trainee development, and assisting in the recruitment of new faculty with an outstanding track record of research in the fields of microbiome and mucosal biology. From basic science to clinical trials, research at the Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology will focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the interface between the microbiome and the mucosa, with the primary aim of identifying unique therapeutic platforms and bio-marker signatures to reduce morbidity and mortality from metabolic, infectious, and inflammatory diseases.

Mucosae have complex biological responses to harmful stimuli that are regulated in part by the microbiome; therefore, an interdisciplinary collaborative effort is critical to fully understand its molecular pathogenesis. Understanding these cellular and molecular regulatory mechanisms of the mucosal-microbiome interface will lead to the development of novel anti-inflammatory strategies and accelerate the successful establishment of cutting-edge therapeutic approaches for future clinical trials.

Leadership

  • Director

    • Mansour M. Zadeh, PhD
      Distinguished Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Long School of Medicine
  • Advisory Committee

    • William Brian Reeves, MD, FACP
      Chairman, Department of Medicine. Parman and Forland Chairs in Medicine, Long School of Medicine
    • Kumar Sharma, MD
      Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Hillis Chair in Medicine, Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, Long School of Medicine
    • Brij B. Singh, PhD
      Associate Dean for Research, Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry
    • Glenn Gross, MD
      Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Long School of Medicine
    • Madesh Muniswamy, PhD
      Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Long School of Medicine
    • Naomi Sayre, PhD
      Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Long School of Medicine

UT Health San Antonio

Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

CMMB Education

Education

The Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology is focused on bolstering the curriculum at UTHSCSA. We are currently developing the following courses.

The Microbiome & the Associated Metabolites (MICR-TBD)

The field of microbiome is rapidly expanding in both basic and clinical scientific research. Whether in the gut or oral cavity, the microbiome and the associated metabolites play an integral role in human health and can significantly affect disease outcomes. This course will provide an overview on the role of the microbiome and the associated metabolites in human health and disease. It will focus on clarifying the conceptual framework for understanding how microbiome, particularly gut microbiome, impact on human health and well-being. The course will also introduce students to the technical approaches and bioinformatics required to study the microbiome and the associated metabolites in the hosts.

Topics covered include:

  • The concept of the microbiome and its role in human health
  • The role of the microbiome and associated metabolites in different systems (e.g., oral cavity and gut-brain-axis)
  • The impact of alterations to the gut microbiome by pathogenic diseases and inflammation (gut dysbiosis)
  • Research strategies and multiomic approaches for working with human and murine gut microbiome (bioinformatics, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses)
  • Animal models used to investigate the microbiome
  • Modification of the gut microbiome via dietary, supplemental, and the potential for novel treatments

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UT Health San Antonio

Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

CMMB Research

Research

The Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology specializes in the use of Multiomic Approaches to create a comprehensive picture of the complex interplay between the microbiome and human health. Multiomics is a new approach to biological analysis where data sets of different omics groups (transcriptome, metabolome, etc.) are combined to create a thorough biological analysis.

The applications for multiomics are vast, ranging from elucidating the nature of host-pathogen interactions to illuminating the mechanisms behind non-communicable diseases. By combining these various "omic" approaches, scientists can analyze complex biological data to determine novel associations between biological entities, identify important biomarkers and build elaborate markers of disease and physiology.

The Center utilizes & and will train faculty in the following areas of multiomics:

  • Metabolome Approaches
  • Transcriptome Approaches (RNA-seq, scRNA-seq)
  • Epigenome Approaches (DNA-methylation, Chromatin Accessibility)
  • Microbiome Approaches

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UT Health San Antonio

Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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UT Health San Antonio

Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Leadership & Key Offices

At Facilities Management, we do more than just fixing and maintaining the HSC; we keep it running. Keeping a department as large as Facilities operating smoothly requires the cooperation of all of our different service areas. The groups that comprise Facilities each have their own accountabilities, but also work together as a team to achieve the department's goals. Our organizational chart will give you an overview of the structure of the department and the divisions comprising it.

Facilities Management is comprised of seven divisions:

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Welcome to Facilities Management

Facilities Management (FM) is responsible for the physical assets of the Health Science Center to ensure a quality environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors in support of the University’s mission of teaching, research and outreach.

About Us

Who we are

Facilities Management (FM) is responsible for the physical assets of the Health Science Center to ensure a quality environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors in support of the University’s mission of teaching, research and outreach. It is responsible for the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of general fund supported academic and administrative buildings, campus grounds, and all utility, energy, and building management systems.

The FM Team ensures that all operating systems are in good repair, make the campus a comfortable, safe and attractive place to learn, live, and work, and respond quickly to the emergency maintenance and repair needs of the University.

How may we be of service?

We perform a wide variety of services to keep the Health Science Center running. Use the below link to learn more about what we can provide to you and your department.

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Staff Spotlight

Antuan Zeno, Custodian - Senior

Antuan is an outstanding employee who is always willing to go the extra mile when it comes to performing his duties.

Antuan is always ready to work with little or no supervision and is an example of professionalism to his colleagues.

Antuan works extremely well with all of his colleagues and is an important asset to the FM team.

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My Service Center

Submit service requests at the My Service Center, the University's centralized, one-stop location for departments to request a wide variety of services offered by various departments such as Facilities Management, Information Management and Services, and University Police.

Visit the My Service Center to view Facilities Management's service catalog.

Use the guide and job aid to assist you in navigating the My Service Center and to create and submit service requests.

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Submit a RAP (Report-A-Problem) to let us know of incidents related to the maintenance, operation, and upkeep of Health Science Center facilities. These incidents may be related to:

  • Access Control (malfunctioning doors & locks)
  • Building (rain leaks, stalled elevators)
  • Custodial (general housekeeping)
  • Electrical (burnt light bulbs, tripped outlets, etc.)
  • Grounds (landscape, irrigation)
  • Plumbing (restroom utility failures, leaks)
  • Temperature or Ventilation (room too hot or cold)

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Our Services

Facilities Management is responsible for the operation, maintenance and renovation of the physical facilities of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Funds are provided by the State Legislature and the institution to operate all buildings and support systems as required for the HSC mission and to maintain all facilities in safe and efficient working order.

Any and all changes to UTHSCSA physical facilities must be performed and/or coordinated through Facilities Management. All connections, other than convenience type plug-in utensils, made to the various utility systems (water, steam, chilled water, sewer, electrical, etc.) must be made by Facilities Management personnel or appropriately licensed technician under the direct supervision of the Facilities Management Department.

A primary requirement is that Facilities Management personnel have knowledge of the exact condition of the physical facilities at all times and that the proposed installation meets appropriate current codes or standards. To maintain that knowledge, Facilities Management personnel are available to assist with the planning of any new or renovation project to the building structures or grounds area of HSC property.

Fixed Price Services

Renovation Guidelines

Paint Color and Flooring Standards

  • Types of Services

    Services are divided into two basic types:

    FM-FUNDED SERVICES

    FM Funded Services are those for which Facilities Management receives budget allocations. Basically, these are services directly related to the operation, maintenance, and upkeep of Health Science Center facilities. They are rendered free of charge. Examples of FM Funded Services include:

    • Maintenance and repair services to buildings and building systems, elevators, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, electrical distribution systems, roofs, etc. These services are generally performed on structures, additions, and equipment which, if vacated by present occupants, would require no alterations, special furnishing or remodeling for occupancy by some other HSC department.
    • Maintenance of walks, streets, and grounds
    • Pest control
    • Custodial services except in areas particular to departments or activities classified as auxiliary enterprises. Auxiliary enterprises are generally known as activities not funded by legislative appropriation.

    DEPARTMENT-FUNDED SERVICES

    Department Funded Services are those services for which Facilities Management does not receive a budget allocation and which must be funded by the requesting department. Examples of this type of service include:

    • Minor alterations or renovations to buildings or structures assigned to departments and University activities.
    • Addition of special equipment such as laboratory equipment, mini blinds, special lighting, bulletin boards, etc..
    • Painting
    • State-owned vehicle repair services for vehicles assigned to the department
    • Movement of furnishings and equipment
    • Set up of furniture and equipment for special events and occasions

    Facilities Management charges for labor and materials for Department Funded Services. This includes labor shop rates, utilized materials, contractors, design services and other direct costs associated with accomplishing the work in accordance with all applicable codes and University policies.

  • Billing
    Information here.
  • Obtaining Services
    Information here.
  • Reporting Routine Failures
    Information here.
  • Emergencies
    Information here.
  • Priority Work
    Information here.
  • Requesting Services for Remote Campuses
    Information here.
  • More Information
    Information here.

Fixed Price Services

Fixed Price Services List

Fixed Price Services provides a means by which customers can quickly obtain pricing information for some of the most commonly requested types of work. It gives departments the ability to budget for the job without requesting and waiting for estimates and allows Facilities Management to route the work request straight to its various Trade Shops for completion.

Pricing of the work packages were determined using Facilities Management's extensive historical database of thousands of previously completed work. The pricing gives an accurate assessment of what the costs are to do the work in the ever-changing and challenging environment of the Health Science Center.

These are billed at a set rate, require no design effort, and can be expedited through the system. These services have a set scope of work and are not flexible in dealing with changing requirements.

Fixed Price work requests are typically accomplished during normal business hours. If the work is required to be completed during after-hours, the cost of the billable work will be adjusted to reflect actual costs.

Staff Spotlight

Employee of the Quarter

Facilities Management has a very active Employee of the Quarter and Employee of the Year program aimed to recognize those special individuals that go above and beyond what is expected of them. They represent the very best of the Health Science Center.

For July - September 2019, Facilities has selected Antuan Zeno and Marshal Moctezuma of the Housekeeping and Event Services Division.

Antuan Zeno

Custodian - Senior

Antuan is an outstanding employee who is always willing to go the extra mile when it comes to performing his duties.

Antuan is always ready to work with little or no supervision and is an example of professionalism to his colleagues.

Antuan works extremely well with all of his colleagues and is an important asset to the FM team.

Marshall Moctezuma

Mover

Marshall is a great asset to the department. He always comes to work with a smile and a great attitude.

Whether it means coming in early, staying late, or working the weekend, Marshall consistently proves his dependability and can always be counted on to go the extra mile.

Marshall is well-deserving of this award as a result of his exemplary performance and professionalism.

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As the premier academic research center of the seventh largest city in the country, we conduct interdisciplinary basic and clinical research which helps improve scientific knowledge and advance medical technology.

Programs

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio offers 21 academic programs in the biomedical sciences. Located in the heart of the South Texas Medical Center, our university is next to 5 medically related institutions, more than 45 clinics, 12 major hospitals, one higher education institution, and countless small practices, offices, and non-medical businesses.

We offer certifications, bachelor's, master's and doctoral allied health programs. In addition to classroom lectures, our programs offer clinical training opportunities in a variety of settings to ensure our students have exposure to a multitude of professional opportunities.

All programs

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Faculty members are working on cutting-edge research

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San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the United States.

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UT Health San Antonio is ranked 6th in Texas for NIH funding.

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Patient care is important in making lives better today, but to improve medicine as a whole, we need innovation - that is where sciences comes in. Science is progress and without it, medicine would be stagnant.

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Student Life

Teaching the Art of Science

At the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio, we are passionate about teaching the Art of Science. We not only train future scientists, we also equip students with the tools to better understand how to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

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Prospecive Students

Our admissions team is here to assist you. If you have questions about the admissions process, please email gsbsadmissions@uthscsa.edu. We will also be having online virtual events.

Recruitment Dates

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Teaching the Art of Science

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio provides an individualized, diverse and multidisciplinary learning environment for students to develop the knowledge, skills and creativity necessary to succeed in the evolving biomedical disciplines.

Admissions

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) was established in 1972 and currently hosts doctoral programs in Biomedical Engineering, Health Sciences, Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS), Nursing Science, Radiological Sciences and Translational Science. A Professional Doctorate in Medical Physics and Master’s degrees in Cell Systems and Anatomy, Clinical Investigation and Translational Science, Biomedical Engineering, Dental Hygiene, Dental Science, Immunology and Infection, Medical Health Physics, and Personalized Molecular Medicine are offered. Certificates in Biomedical Data Science (pending SACSCOC approval), Cancer Prevention (CCP), Pre-Professional (PP), and Translational Science (CTS) are also offered.

These academic programs offered by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are designed to provide a fundamental foundation of knowledge and scientific inquiry and enable the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences to assert its primary objective of educating students committed to the advancement of knowledge in contemporary areas of the biomedical sciences. Our educational and research faculty are housed in all five schools of UT Health San Antonio. A compelling aspect of graduate education in a health science center is the opportunity for graduate students to interface with health professionals with diverse technological and conceptual capabilities and perspectives in the biomedical sciences. These programs provide opportunities for graduate students to become competent in a specialized field, to attain excellence in the conduct of research, and to gain an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of biomedical sciences. Our graduate programs are offered in a prominent academic health science center and provide an environment where scientific inquiry can synergize with the healing professions to guide our science in seeking solutions to even the most vexing biomedical issues plaguing mankind.

The proof of accomplishment or enduring value of any educational process is evidenced in the demonstrated productivity and academic achievement of the graduates of the program. Without question, the doctoral and masters programs of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have, during the past four decades, achieved outstanding success in their educational mission of preparing professional scientists who function well in academic, industrial, and government sectors.

There is a diversity of talent, but also a unity of purpose in teaching and mentoring students in an exciting array of interdisciplinary and discipline-based fields of study and research.

Faculty

Administration

  • GSBS Dean
  • David S. Weiss, Ph.D.

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"At the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, we teach the Art of Science. The way scientists are being trained in the biomedical workforce is changing. As a future biomedical expert, you are trained with the most advanced technologies to make discoveries that are improving lives all over the world. We train our students to be problem solvers where you go from there is up to you."

Dean, David S. Weiss, Ph.D.
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About UT Health San Antonio.

We serve patients in San Antonio and South Texas. Our health care professionals serve in more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities across San Antonio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. More than 3,000 students, researchers and post-doctoral students from around the world come to the UT Health San Antonio to study, research and discover new breakthroughs.

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Admissions

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The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences accepts around 120 students every fall for our programs. Our programs depth and breadth of research span from basic science to tool-based science to translational science. As a premier academic research center, we are committed to training the next generation of researchers and science specialists. Our Master of Science students typically graduate within two years and our doctoral students graduate within 5.5 years.

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Commitment to Diversity

As a Hispanic-serving institution, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is committed to training a diverse student body. This commitment is spearheaded by a community of scholars in out three underrepresented NIH grants; the Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), the BRIDGES doctorate joint program with Texas State University, and the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD).

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Programs

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Find your program

No matter where you are headed, we have the program to help you get there. Choose from among 21 cutting-edge biomedical science graduate programs.

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Facilitate and increase the microbiome research footprint by fostering cross-departmental collaborations

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We make lives better ®

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Research

Research

UT Health San Antonio is the premier academic research center of the seventh largest city in the country. Our research process emphasizes translational science, taking basic research to pre-clinical research, followed by clinical implementation and public health studies. Our research literally goes from bench to bedside, with over 200 studies conducted on average each year, targeting prevalent diseases and disorders.

Areas of Research

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Cancer

Our cancer research brings treatment and therapy to patients of all ages, battling different forms of cancer.

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Cardiovascular

Our cardiovascular research is transforming diagnosis and treatment for patients with heart disease.

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Diabetes & Kidney Health

Our diabetes, kidney, and metabolic disorders research seeks to discover better health outcomes to address an alarmingly high comorbidity in the South Texas population.

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Infectious Disease

Our research conducted in infectious disease explores the spread of microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses and seeks to find ways of preventing and minimizing the spread of disease.

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Longevity & Aging

Our research in longevity and aging explores new ways of improving quality of life and lifespan for those with age-related disease.

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Military Health

Our military health research seeks to combat health issues facing our military today.

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Neuroscience

Our research in neuroscience extends from single cell studies to targeting specific neurological diseases, disorders, and trauma.

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Regenerative Medicine

Our research in regenerative medicine ranges from cellular study to engineering new body tissues.

Fueling Research by the Numbers

Researchers at UT Health San Antonio contribute to leading publications in numerous fields of specialty and continually compete with institutions nationwide for grants to support research with the potential for high-impact discoveries.
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UT Health San Antonio is ranked

#39

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#42

in biomedical sciences

#44

in cancer research

#47

in healthcare based on the articles published in the highest quality and most selective impact journals across the natural sciences

Innovation Impact

UT Health San Antonio and Research Partners Lead the Way

UT Health San Antonio is committed to training tomorrow's talent, who are relentlessly pursuing discoveries that translate into life-changing, life-saving technologies. Critical to these breakthroughs are our 8 state of the art core lab facilities that create the pathway for investigators to do cutting-edge research leading to treatments for our local and global communities.

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Collaborative Partnership

UT Health San Antonio, located in Military City, U.S.A., has a rich history of research collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs leading to publications in top peer-reviewed journals with global impact. Research partnerships are ground zero for discovery leading to better patient care and outcomes for both active and civilian patients. UT Health San Antonio recognizes the power of partnership and collaboration in research as we seek new knowledge about treatments, cures, and discoveries. Find out more about our collaboration opportunities by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Research at 210-567-3720 or vpr@uthscsa.edu.

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Student Life

The Student Experience

Life in graduate school is about more than just classes and research. Take advantage of the resources your new community offers you. There are many opportunities for students to get involved like joining student groups.

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It's All About Community

We are passionate about community outreach at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and we routinely partner with nonprofit organizations and local K-12 schools to bring science to the classroom.

Outreach

Developing Your Career Path

The mission of the Office of Career Development is to provide innovative career and professional development that responds to the needs of the biomedical workforce. The office does this through strategic national and community partnerships that inform the development of professional development workshops, networking opportunities, and outreach programs for graduate trainees. The vision of the office is that graduate education will adapt to the needs of the growing biomedical workforce and effectively prepare professionals for their career paths.

New to San Antonio?

San Antonio is a modern, vibrant city, rich in heritage with colorful personality forged across three centuries. Its unique mixture of native Mexican, German and Spanish influence is noticeable in the city's distinctive architecture, music, arts, and cuisine.

Ready to explore the city? Check out UT Health's San Antonio Guide

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Are you a prospective student who would like to know what the UT Health San Antonio campus looks like? Now, you can!

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Academic/Student Support

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers programs to foster the participation of students from underrepresented groups, by providing financial, academic, and professional development support.

Wellness/Life balance

We have a variety of resources and activities to help you stay healthy while you're here. It's our job to make sure you are getting the support you need to succeed.

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Alumni

Alumni

Since doors opened in 1968, UT Health San Antonio has had more than 39,700 graduates (physicians, dentists, nurses, scientists and allied health professionals) serve in their fields, including many in Texas. In the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, we have more than 4,000 graduates worldwide working in industry, academia, government, scientific publishing, teaching, and many more professions.

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Alumni and Student Spotlight

At the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, community is measured in shared stories, lessons, and laughs. Kudos to those alumni who have won wide recognition as innovators in a broad range of fields—from business and technology to law and academia.

GSBS Alumni Website

Are you looking to connect with our alumni? We have a great way for you to do this. One of our biggest aims is for you to make meaningful connections between alumni to positively impact your professional lives and careers.

To use the alumni database, please sign up for an account at our alumni website.

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Pipette Gazette

Read more about what is happening on campus with articles about current students, staff, faculty, and alumni at the Pipette Gazette. Be sure to subscribe to get a newsletter every two weeks right to your inbox.

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Contact Charlotte Anthony at anthonyc@uthscsa.edu

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Program Detail

Ph.D. in Translational Science

The Translational Science Ph.D. program is a joint program between UT Health San Antonio, UT San Antonio, UT Austin, and UT Health Houston School of Public Health.

This collaboration of four universities to offer a single joint doctoral degree is unique in the UT System. The program is designed to use the existing resources and expertise in specific key areas of each university to offer a strong, diverse, and competitive doctoral program.

The program prepares the next generation of scientists to lead the multi-disciplinary biomedical research teams of the future in increasingly complex research environments. These scientists advance knowledge toward the goal of translating basic biomedical scientific discoveries into strategies that will improve healthcare delivery, patient outcomes, and community health.

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Application Deadline

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January 10, 2022 (8AM CT)

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Christopher Frei, Pharm.D.
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210-567-8371

Requirements

  • Applicants must have an advanced Professional degree (e.g., M.D., DO, D.D.S., MSN, Pharm.D.)
  • Documentation of academic record
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • A current CV
  • Personal Statement

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Characteristics

Graduation, student, faculty and institutional statistics for Translational Science, Ph.D.

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IBMS

Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences

The Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) Graduate Program is a cutting-edge, dynamic, multidisciplinary Ph.D. program fueled by the energy and enthusiasm of several hundred scientists throughout the basic science and clinical departments on the UT Health campus, as well as from select off-campus institutions. Students admitted into the IBMS identify a “primary discipline of interest” during their first year. Each of the 7 disciplines (below) has a core curriculum that prepares students for successfully completing investigations in their area of research focus. Importantly, each discipline’s plan of study can be flexible to best serve the needs of each student and all IBMS students have access to all offerings of the program.

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Application Deadline

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January 10, 2022 (8AM CT)

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Program Director
Michael Berton, Ph.D.
berton@uthscsa.edu
Interim Assistant Director of Academic Programs
Donna Navarro
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Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • GRE scores are not required for applicants applying to the IBMS Graduate Program
  • Three letters of recommendation

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Financial considerations

Students receive a stipend of $30,000. Tuition, fees, and basic student health insurance are covered by the program.

Characteristics

Graduation, student, faculty and institutional statistics for the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.

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Council

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Kenneth Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Dept of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, UT Health San Antonio

Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology and Surgery, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio

Dr. Ken Hargreaves received his D.D.S. from Georgetown University School of Dentistry and his Ph.D. in physiology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical and basic pain research at the National Institute of Health and his residency in endodontics from the University of Minnesota.

He joined the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, as Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics in 1997, and is jointly appointed as a professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Physiology and Surgery (Medical School).

His area of research focuses on the pharmacology of pain and inflammation and currently he serves as a private investigator or co-private investigator on $30 million in NIH research grants. He has received an NIH MERIT Award and the 2013 UT Health San Antonio Presidential Distinguished Senior Research Scholar Award.

He has published 160 papers, two textbooks, and has five patents issued/pending. Among these papers are the description and validation of the “Hargreaves method,” which is broadly recognized as a standard method for evaluating new analgesic drugs, and is in the top 5 percent of all papers cited in the field of pain research.

Education

  • B.A., Neurobiology, University of California Berkeley, 1977
  • D.D.S., Georgetown University, 1983
  • Ph.D., Physiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, 1986
  • Postdoc lab of Ron Dubner, National Institutes of Health, 1985-90
  • Certificate in Endodontics, University of Minnesota, 1993

Career path

I am a clinician-scientist who is focused on basic and clinical translational research on pain. I use a “team science” approach both within my group as well as with deep sustained collaborations among several pain labs on campus. I got to this point in my career by focusing on the gap between basic scientists and clinicians.

In my opinion, this “desert” hinders development of novel therapies since basic scientists do not have direct patient experience and clinicians do not have experience with mechanistic research. These problems hinder development of break-through therapeutics. I believe that this problem is ideally addressed by clinician-scientists and team science.

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Career Choices

Common Career Choices for Science Ph.D. Grads

If you are a life science Ph.D., or are on your way to getting one, and are thinking about what to do next, here are five common jobs people choose after graduating:

Academic postdoc

Unsurprisingly, 80 percent of life science Ph.D. grads go on to do an academic postdoc. This is because 95 percent of Ph.D. students want to stay in academia and a postdoc is the next logical step in an academic career. However, it may not be the best choice for you as there are far more Ph.D. grads than tenured and tenure-track positions and only 5 - 16 percent of Ph.D. grads will eventually have their own lab. Also, for the first 15 years of their careers, postdocs, even those who eventually transition into an industry job, eventually earn 17 - 21 percent less than people who go straight into industry after a Ph.D.

Industry postdoc

Yes such as thing exists. Most big pharma and many big biotech companies including Pfizer, Janssen, AstraZeneca and Genetech (now part of Roche) have postdoctoral programs. They offer many of the same benefits as an academic postdoc with mentors and opportunities to publish and present work both internally and externally at conferences, but with the added bonus of learning how scientific discoveries are translated into products in an industry setting. Salaries are also much higher than for academic postdocs, starting at around $70,000/year with additional fringe benefits usually including: medical, dental and vision insurances; life and disability insurance; 401(k) and paid vacation time.

Scientific position in industry

These positions differ from industry postdocs in that you are not working on an entire project, you are contributing to a project. You will be told what experiments to do and will have less freedom than a postdoc. However, you will still have the opportunity to learn how a pharma or biotech company works and will be able to move up in R&D or move laterally into communications, business development or other roles.

Science communications

When Ph.D. students and postdocs are thinking about non-academic careers, science communications is often at the top of their list. Science communication is a hugely diverse field encompassing many different types of jobs and sub-fields including science journalism, marketing, public relations, institutional communications, medical and technical writing, medical science liaisons and public education and outreach. The list is huge. If you like to write and present information and think this field will suit you, talk to someone who works in SciComm to work out which job would be best the best fit for you.

Sales

If you want to work in industry but don't want to do bench research, sales can be a good entry-level position. It allows you to learn about how the company works and you can work your way up and across into business development, product management or project management. It takes time to find a new job so it really helps if you can make the time to start researching jobs, building skills and networking at least 12 months before you want to transition.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Career Resources

Career Planning Resources

  • 8 Self Assessments You Need To Improve At Work
    Harvard Business Review pulled together several of HBR’s best assessments and quizzes to help give you a sense of what you need to work on and how to go about it.
  • AAAS Career Basics Booklet
    This 80-page booklet has all the information that you need to get your career on the right track. Articles and resource lists provide information on choosing a career path, marketing yourself, identifying skills needed in different career paths, and understanding diversity issues.
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Career Development
    Advice on how to achieve scientific independence including postdoctoral training, grant writing, lab management, and effective communication.
  • Career Toolkits For Researchers
    This toolkit from jobs.ac.uk is an interactive guide to help you formulate an ongoing career strategy.
  • Career Trends: Developing Your Skills
    A Science Careers booklet that examines the skills needed for students, postdocs, and faculty to help transition to their next career phase.
  • English Communication For Scientists
    English Communication for Scientists is a brief guide on how to communicate more effectively in English, no matter how much previous experience you have.
  • Global Academic & Careers Guide
    This toolkit from jobs.ac.uk provides essential advice & top tips for academics looking to expand their horizons overseas.
  • HHMI Resources For The Development of Early-Career Scientists
    This website can help new investigators “make the right moves” and assist those who take on the important task of providing early-career researchers with scientific management training.
  • Know Your Personality Type
    The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a commonly used tool for determining personality preferences. You can use this free tool to get started investigating your type and preferences.
  • Medical/Dental Program Interview Help
    It is important to practice for any type of interview and this handout provides tips as well as sample questions for use to prepare for both real and mock interviews.
  • Networking Diagram
    A diagram to help you navigate the room from Diane Darling.
  • NIH Office Of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) Resources
    The OITE is a flagship resource of Career Development in the biomedical sciences.
  • Research Publications Planner
    This toolkit from jobs.ac.uk provides you with charts to create a long-term plan, conference plan, and minor publications before you start writing.
  • Young Scientist Survival Kit
    A toolkit on how to design effective scientific presentations, take risks, pick a graduate advisor, and careers outside the lab.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Employment Resources

Employment Resources

Academic/professional - International

  • FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program
    FDA invites outstanding health care professionals, scientists, and engineers to apply to its two-year Fellowship Program, where they will receive regulatory science training and the chance to conduct cutting-edge research on targeted scientific or regulatory issues under the mentorship of an FDA senior scientist.
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship
    The Humboldt Research Fellowship enables highly qualified scientists and scholars of all nationalities and all disciplines to carry out research projects for extended periods of time in cooperation with academic hosts at research institutions in Germany. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, the quality and feasibility of the proposed research, and the applicant's publications.
  • National Postdoctoral Association job board
    Search tool includes postdoctoral and other career opportunities, fellowships, and scholarships.
  • NIH postdoctoral research and training opportunities
    Positions available at NIH and its various institutes, as well as fellowship offerings.
  • Postdoc Jobs
    Brings together recent Ph.D.s, professors, research institutions, and other employers to find a good match.

All position levels

General

  • LinkedIn Jobs
    Leverage the world’s largest professional network to build relationships and connect with opportunity. Use LinkedIn Jobs to harness the power of your network to uncover insights such as whom you know at a company, providing you an edge in your job search.
  • ZipRecruiter
    A general search for jobs in biomedical sciences.

Academic/professional - United States

  • Academic Keys
    A source for academic employment and professional resources in higher education, the site provides a venue for matching qualified applicants with academic career opportunities. Academic Keys is a resource for those looking for their first academic job, as well as those who are well-established but seek a change in their academic career. The website is dedicated to creating an environment for information and collegial exchange among academicians via the Internet. It is also dedicated to graduate students who wish to learn more about academic opportunities and resources.
  • Academic360.com
    This site is a collection of Internet resources that have been gathered for the academic job hunter. It includes links to faculty, staff, and administrative announcements and is not restricted to teaching positions
  • Academic Careers Online
    This site includes faculty, research, postdoctoral, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at (community) colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world.
  • Drug Abuse Careers
    Alcohol Awareness Council has created this resource for discussion careers in Drug Abuse.
  • Career.edu
    This is a job board for the international research and academic community. The service is reserved for universities and government research agencies, such as the NIH, CERN, CNRS, etc. There is a search function which can limit your search to faculty or executive/department head.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
    Search for academic jobs at this site entitled Chronicle Careers
  • HERC Jobs
    The National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium assists the regional HERCs to support their member institutions in their efforts to recruit and retain outstanding and diverse faculty and staff and to support dual-career couples.
  • National Institutes of Health
    Choose from administrative, scientific, research, and clinical positions.
  • National Science Foundation
    Career opportunities include administrative, scientific, education, and professional positions.
  • Neuroscience
    Society of Neuroscience lists postdoctoral and faculty positions available.
  • Psyc Careers
    A psychology career resource.
  • Psychology
    Search for available positions on this site from the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
  • Research Network
    The job board for academic positions and research careers.
  • Science Careers
  • University Job Bank
    Postings of postdoctoral, faculty, staff/administrative, and executive positions at institutions of higher education.
  • Women in Higher Education
    Search this site for a variety of positions at academic institutions.

Industry

Postdoctoral only

  • InPharm
    Provides “life support” to the pharmaceutical industry.
  • International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
    Find a job day or night using ISPE's Global Online Career Center, or learn about on-site career opportunities at select ISPE Conferences.
  • Jobscience
    Job board for health industry including biotech/pharma, medical devices, and diagnostics.
  • Monster.com
    Search for jobs by category including Biotechnology and Pharma.
  • Preferred Professional Recruiters
    Recruiting for mid-level management in areas such as diagnostics, biotechnology, medical device, hospitals, pharmaceutical, and pharmaceutical services.
  • Parenteral Drug Association
    Association career center that connects people, science, and regulation.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Research Integrity

Research Integrity

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) oversees research integrity activities for the Public Health Service (PHS), including investigations into research misconduct in research supported by PHS. Their site includes general RCR resources, as well as topic-specific resources for the nine core areas of research integrity identified by NIH. Materials include interactive videos, case studies, web modules, and relevant publications. This site may be of particular relevance to those investigators who are supported by NIH funds. See especially the ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research by Nicholas H. Steneck (illustrations by David Zinn).

Resources

On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (3rd edition)

This text has been developed by National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institution of Medicine. On Being a Scientist is designed to supplement informal ethics training provided to graduate students and beginning researchers by their mentors and includes discussions of research misconduct, handling violations of professional standards, laboratory safety, intellectual property, and the researcher in society.

Boston College RCR Program

Links on RCR topics, including data management, IP, mentoring, publication issues, peer review, collaboration, animal and human subjects, safety, responsibility to society, misconduct, financial issues, more.

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) was founded in March 2000 as a collaboration between the University of Miami and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to develop a web-based training program in human research subjects protections.

This program requires subscription (except RCR). It includes coursework in:

  • Basic Courses in the Protection of Human Research Subjects.
    • Biomedical Focus
    • Social and Behavioral Focus
    • Refresher Courses
    • Good Clinical Practice Course
  • Health Information Privacy and Security Course (HIPS)
  • Laboratory Animal Welfare Courses for investigators and IACUC Members
  • Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

Links on RCR topics, including data management, IP, mentoring, publication issues, peer review, collaboration, animal and human subjects, safety, responsibility to society, misconduct, financial issues, more.

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

  • COURSE 1: Conflicts of Interest
  • COURSE 2: Mentoring
  • COURSE 3: Responsible Authorship and Peer Review
  • COURSE 4: Research Misconduct
  • COURSE 5: Collaborative Science
  • COURSE 6: Data Acquisition and Management

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Student Groups

Student Groups

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Graduate Student Association (GSA)

Graduate school can be tough. The Graduate Student Association is here to make things a bit easier for you.

The GSA is a student-led organization with the sole purpose providing assistance for career development, organizing social events for the graduate student body, and addressing key issues that can have a direct effect on your life as a graduate student.

Email uthscsa.gsa@gmail.com with questions, comments or concerns.

Leadership

  • Faculty Advisor – Marcus Webster
  • President– Amber Asher
  • Vice President – Kate Tuite
  • Secretary – Shawn Flynn
  • Student Ambassador – Claira Glaser
  • Treasurer – John Im
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Graduate Student International Club (GSIC)

The transitions and adjustments to a life away from home are stressful and can be often overwhelming! The Graduate Student International Club is a student-led resource support group for international students at UT Health San Antonio. The purpose of this group is to best guide and assist the current and incoming international students by providing resources that allow them to successfully transition to life in the USA with the overall goal of improving and making a productive study atmosphere on campus. One of the major purposes of the Graduate Student International Club is to help international students with the initial transition to the life in the USA by providing services like airport pickups, hosting international students, information resources for housing, utilities and social activities. The Graduate Student International Club organizes sociocultural events that are aimed at fostering collaboration and networking between students from diverse backgrounds to help them achieve their social, educational and professional goals. To learn more, email Graduate Student International Club by contacting Bowen at yangb@uthscsa.edu.

Meeting Time

Meetings are held on the last Thursday of every month from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Leadership

  • President – Bowen Yang
  • Vice President – Pramiti Mukhopadhyay
  • Treasurer – Yijiang Xu
  • Secretary – Saranya Srinivasan
  • Faculty Advisor – Nicquet Blake
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SACNAS Chapter

The Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists from college students to professionals to attain advanced degrees, careers and positions of leadership. The UT Health San Antonio chapter works to organize campus and community activities to promote the scientific and personal development of its members.

Email SACNASatUTHSCSA@gmail.com to join the chapter or be part of the email list.

Meeting Time

Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Leadership

  • President – George Parra
  • Vice President – Raphael Reyes
  • Secretary – Courtney Johnson
  • Treasurer – Elizabeth Martinez-Scholze
  • Outreach Coordinator – Christian Cervantes
  • Historian – Denisse Paredes
  • Faculty Advisors – Dr. Nicquet Blake & Dr. Alexander Pertsemlidis
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Student Government Association (SGA)

To represent and unite all UT Health San Antonio students; To provide for and enhance communication and interaction between the students of the five schools, the students and faculty, the students and administration, and the students and institutions of higher education throughout Texas; To further communication and relationships between UT Health San Antonio and the community; To advise and assist the administration in reaching decision on policy that concerns the students of UT Health San Antonio; To assist in broadening the intellectual, cultural, and recreational opportunities and capabilities of the student body; To assist the administration in the expenditure of Student Service Activity Fees and all other compulsory fees.

If you would like to learn more, email Samantha Yee at YeeS@livemail.uthscsa.edu.

Meeting Time

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at 5:30pm except for August and January, which will be the second Thursday.

Leadership

  • President 21-22 – Kevin Hamilton (SHP)
  • Vice President 21-22 – Maryann England (LSOM)
  • Secretary 21-22 – Raksha Parthasarathy (GSBS)
  • Treasurer 21-22 – Vishal Rajesh (LSOM)
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Representatives 20-21 - Mustafa Mithaiwala, Meilinn Tram, Larry Broome, Raksha Parthasarathy
  • Faculty Advisor – Ellyse Sanchez

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Student Profile

Abdulhafiz Aliagan, M.S.

Ph.D. Student

Abdulhafiz is working on elucidating the role of the inner mitochondrial membrane protein (Mic60/Mitofilin) in Parkinson’s disease. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major hallmark in many diseases including Parkinson’s disease, and Mic60/Mitofilin dysregulation plays a key role in mitochondrial dysfunction. The goal of his research is to understand the mitochondrial-dependent mechanism leading to mitochondrial dysfunction and ultimately dopaminergic neuron death in Parkinson disease, using mouse models and in vitro models. He combines various multidisciplinary approaches including biochemical, molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience and microscopic approaches to elucidate the mechanism of Mic60 downregulation, and how to protect against this downregulation to induce neuroprotection.

Education

  • M.S., Biology, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, 2017
  • B.S., Microbiology, Kwara State University, 2013

Awards

Invited platform presenter, Perry & Ruby Stevens Parkinson’s Disease Center of Excellence, San Antonio, TX, March 2019.

Education

  • Feng, Y., Madungwe, N.B., Imam Aliagan, A.D., Tombo N., and Bopassa, JC (2019). Liproxstatin-1 protects the mouse myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion injury by decreasing VDAC1 levels and restoring GPX4 levels. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019 Oct 14. pii: S0006-291X(19)31897-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.10.006.
  • Imam Aliagan A.D., Daraei M.A, Feng, Y., Liu L, Madungwe, N.B., Tombo, N., and Bopassa J.C (2019) Mitofilin Interacts with Parkin in the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane to Increase Dopaminergic Neuron Death in Response to PD Stressors. In review.
  • Madungwe, N.B., Feng, Y., Imam Aliagan, A.D., Tombo, N., Kaya, F., and Bopassa, J.C. (2019). Inner mitochondrial membrane protein MPV17 mutant mice hearts display impaired cardiac functional recovery after ischemia/reperfusion via dysregulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. In review.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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The Office of Human Resources

In the Office of Human Resources, we are building great things. We make lives better by building a workforce that places the right people in the right jobs at the right time. Our website has everything you need to get started on a career path with UT Health San Antonio.

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Employee Benefits

UT Health San Antonio offers an excellent benefits package for its employees. Benefits are established and managed through the UT System Office of Employee Benefits. Employees are eligible for benefits who work at least 20 hours a week, with an appointment time of at least 4.5 months. See the overview of benefits or browse options below for detailed information.

Health care discounts using the UT Health Network

The UT SELECT medical plan provides lower copays and coinsurance for employees, retirees and their dependents when using a UT physician or UT medical facility for care.

  • To schedule an appointment with our UT Health Physicians, call 210-450-9090 or visit San Antonio’s UT Health Network website for more information.
  • To schedule an appointment with any of the other designated UT System Health Institutions or UT Physicians visit the UT System UT Health Network​ website.

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Office Location

One Technology Center
7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 500
San Antonio, Texas 78229

Parking

Parking is available in any surface parking space except those marked with a number or “reserved.” Spaces marked UT Health Visitors are available on the lower level (LL) of the parking garage along the far back wall.

​Mailing Address

UT Health San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7972
San Antonio, TX 78229​​​​

Main phone number: 210-567-2600
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Talent Acquisition: Careers@uthscsa.edu
Benefits: benefits@uthscsa.edu

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Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science

The Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science’s (IIMS) mission is to integrate clinical and translational research and career development across all University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio schools and among our diverse public and private partners in South Texas.

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Transforming Knowledge into Improved Healthcare

A Partnership to Improve Health

The Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science’s (IIMS) mission is to integrate clinical and translational research and career development across all University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio schools and among our diverse public and private partners in South Texas. Clinical research studies are conducted with the participation and collaboration of human volunteers. Translational research studies move basic science discovery to patient-based applications and then out into clinical practice with the ultimate goal of human health improvement. Simply put, the IIMS will reduce barriers to research and stimulate the transformation of knowledge into improved health care.

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The overarching goal of the Perry and Ruby Stevens Parkinson’s Disease Center of Excellence is to accelerate Parkinson’s disease (PD) research in South Texas, build a community of PD scholars, and serve as a lightning rod to stimulate further growth in this area of science and medicine for our city and region.

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We are the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS). This is the institutional home for the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) granted to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and its partner organizations.

The CTSA grant was awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2008. Our mission is to integrate clinical and translational research and career development across the South Texas area. We are reducing barriers to research and stimulating the transformation of knowledge into improved health care for Texas residents.

To accomplish this requires collaboration with many different organizations and input from many sources. This site will grow and improve as the users suggest new and informative content. We would very much like to hear from our community members about what they would like to see on this site – please send us email at IIMS-CTSA@uthscsa.edu with your suggestions and comments.

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Office of Research Education and Mentoring (OREM)

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The Office of Research Education and Mentoring’s (OREM) mission is to support and develop robust Translational Science Educational, Career Development and Degreed Certificate programs. All our programs are developed with the intent to further enhance the capabilities of students, staff and faculty members at our institution in the exciting field of Translational Science. Our diverse sets of programs are offered at various levels to meet the needs of the complex translational science workforce and a variety of health-related disciplines. Furthermore, our courses and programs utilize dedicated expertise from faculty members at UTHSA for education, mentoring and guided multidisciplinary research.

To accomplish this mission, the Office of Translational Education and Research seeks to:

  • Immerse students, staff and faculty in a rich clinical and translational research environment;
  • Develop and expand a comprehensive array of didactic course and workshop offerings in clinical and translational investigation;
  • Provide and support effective mentorship to ensure the success of our students, partners and affiliates in the field of clinical and translational research;
  • Evaluate and continually improve the program.

Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science – Education (OREM) – Education Awards

Career Development Awards

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Mentored Research Career Development (KL2) Program in Clinical and Translational Science

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Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science - Research

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Research is the foundation of the Clinical and Translational Science Award at UTHSCSA. Moreover, translational research, which is translating the findings in basic research more quickly and efficiently into medical practice and, thus meaningful health outcomes that directly impact the lives of our community, is our mission.

For clinical investigators looking for space to carry out clinical research, the IIMS offers several options in the Medical Center area as well as brand new research space at the RAHC. Descriptions of the facilities and resources are available here.

We offer Pilot Project Awards to provide funding to develop, monitor and expand a process to facilitate and support pilot and collaborative translational and clinical studies that will result in increased institutional and community-based trans-disciplinary research with a goal of improved health.

To develop and sustain an innovative paradigm to facilitate availability and use of state-of-the-art techniques for translational research, we provide Translational Technology Supplement Awards.

There are many ways for researchers to locate collaborators. We have selected Elsevier SciVal Experts (previously known as Collexis) as a platform for our researchers. We also provide access to BioMedExperts, a new online community that connects biomedical researchers to each other through co-author networks.

For our potential and current study participants, as well as researchers looking for a way to recruit subjects for an IRB approved study, we offer a list of our current clinical research studies, a safe participant registry for those interested in participating in research and a way for researchers to register to access that registry. Find more information on this page.

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email: schulz@uthscsa.edu
phone: 210-562-4022

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phone: 210-562-4010

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phone: 210-562-4178

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phone: 210-562-4467

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South Texas Psychiatric Practice-Based Research Network (STX-PSYCH-PBRN)

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Residency Research Network of Texas (RRNeT)

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STOHN is a practice-based research network (PBRN) dedicated to developing a research infrastructure for generating practical and timely information to enhance the quality and efficacy of oral health care. STOHN members are practicing dentists and dental hygienists in South Texas who help to develop and implement dental research where it really matters – in their practices.

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Senior Health Alliance for Research (SHARe)

The Senior Health Alliance for Research (SHARE), is a geriatric-focused Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN).

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Welcome to the SHARe

The Senior Health Alliance for Research (SHARE), is a geriatric-focused Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN). SHARE represents a collaboration between the University of Texas Health Science Center (dba UT Health San Antonio) and the WellMed Medical Group (WMG), the WellMed Medical Management Inc (WMMI), and their 501c3 philanthropic partner, the WellMed Charitable Foundation (WCF).

The mission of the SHARE is to develop and conduct practice-based geriatric research to improve the health of older adults. The goal of the SHARE PBRN is to generate practical and timely evidence that can be used by primary care providers to enhance the quality and efficacy of senior health care.

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The Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN)

ISRN aims to accelerate the development and dissemination of interprofessional improvement science in a systems context across multiple sites.

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Welcome to ISRN

The Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN) aims to accelerate the development and dissemination of interprofessional improvement science in a systems context across multiple sites. Across the country, healthcare experts, administrators, researchers, and clinicians are devising and testing new strategies to improve the safety and quality of patient care.

Yet, while patient safety and quality improvement in bedside care are clearly-stated national priorities, improvement science remains in a nascent stage, particularly in the area of multidisciplinary care processes within the hospital setting.

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Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Resource Center

The Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Resource Center serves as the operational base for developing new and supporting existing PBRNs in the South Texas region.

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PBRN Resource Center

The Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Resource Center serves as the operational base for developing new and supporting existing PBRNs in the South Texas region. The primary function of the PBRN Resource Center is to facilitate opportunities for collaboration between Health Science Center investigators and community clinicians to utilize the PBRN as their real world laboratory and to engage community clinicians in practice-based research. To accelerate the translation of clinical research into practice, new partnerships with clinicians who deliver the majority of care to the US population need to be supported. We are dedicated to transforming existing academic-community clinician relationships.

Brief History

UT Health San Antonio received a Clinical Translational Science Award in May, 2008. The CTSA included funds to create a PBRN Resource Center. STARNet (South Texas Ambulatory Research Network) and RRNet (Residency Research Network) have more than 25 years of combined experience in PBRN research, and have served as models for the development of new PBRNs in psychiatry, dentistry, and nursing. The PBRN Resource Center is flourishing, and has become a key link in the CTSA efforts for “Community Engagement”, building T2 translational research in South Texas.

Q: What is a PBRN?
A: A PBRN is an organization comprised of community clinicians and researchers, united by a shared commitment to:
1) expand the science base of clinical care through studies conducted in their local clinic setting;
2) answer research questions generated by a community clinician; and
3) better understand health issues in their community clinical settings.
PBRNs have been described by the Institute of Medicine as a promising laboratory for transforming the relationship between academic researchers and community clinicians.

Q: What is a Practice Facilitator?
A:The PBRN infrastructure expansion model is based on the agricultural extension agent model, with “Practice Enhancement Research Coordinators (PERCs)” taking on the role of the extension agent.
PERCs are “circuit riders” who develop a relationship with a group of practices over a period of time to help them to evaluate and improve their quality of care.
This is generally accomplished through practice audits and feedback, patient satisfaction surveys, staff training, “cross-fertilization” (sharing of ideas among the eight practices), coordination of quality improvement initiatives, and provision of specific materials and resources (flow sheets, computer training, etc.).
A PERC also functions as a research assistant, making it easier for practices to participate in research projects undertaken by the PBRN. Also known as “practice facilitators,” this model of combining practice assistance with research has proven to be extremely successful in both Oklahoma and Oregon PBRNs.

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Without the generous support of alumni, friends, faculty, staff, foundations and corporations, UT Health San Antonio would not be able to fulfill its missions in education, research, patient care and community service. Your philanthropic support allows us to educate the next generation of health care professionals, perform translational research designed to prevent or treat diseases prevalent in South Texas, provide compassionate and comprehensive patient care, and offer health care in the communities where it is most needed.

This giving platform offers secure online donation forms for UT Health San Antonio and its myriad academic, research, patient care and community service programs.

Thank you for your interest in UT Health San Antonio. We appreciate your support. You are truly helping us to make lives better in San Antonio, South Texas and beyond.

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Now under construction is the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research Hospital. Slated to open in fall 2024, the hospital will be a cornerstone of advanced care for the region and beyond.

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– Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center, explaining the emphasis on cancer care and research planned for the new hospital (Fall 2024 opening)

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Thank you for your interest in the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas. The Mays Cancer Center brings together the combined strengths of UT Health San Antonio and MD Anderson’s leading expertise in multidisciplinary, research-driven, patient-centered care.

As one of only four National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers in Texas, the Mays Cancer Center takes its place among the world's most respected centers devoted exclusively to leading edge research and unparalleled patient care.

Are you interested in supporting cancer research, patient care, or clinical trials? Make an online gift today.

Pushing the frontier of cancer research

An annual Cabinet gift supports breakthrough cancer research and drug development and directly impacts the lives of countless cancer patients and their families.

Please take this opportunity to join or renew your support for this lifesaving work by making a gift to the Cancer Center Cabinet.

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In Memoriam: Remembering the Legacy of Peggy Mays

The Mays Cancer Center honors the unwavering support of our friend Peggy Pitman Mays. With her husband, Lowry, and their family, their transformational gift to the cancer center will endure for generations.

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Generous Gift of Sculpture Inspires Patients, Families

Longtime supporters Valerie and Jack Guenther commissioned the outdoor art sculpture “Wings of Hope – Hands of Healing” to represent the hope and healing for patients and their family members.

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Advancement

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Office of Institutional Advancement

Great universities are nurtured to excellence by consistent and generous community support. This online community serves as a forum for our UT Health San Antonio family to exchange ideas and work together to increase funding that will build our university for the 21st century and beyond. Thanks to historic philanthropic participation at all levels of giving, the missions of UT Health San Antonio are advancing at record pace. We are increasing student enrollments that will directly increase the future number of health care professionals who will care for us, and for our children and grandchildren. We are expanding our research programs leading to medical discoveries that are easing suffering and improving clinical care. And, we have touched our community through the compassionate and caring hands of our faculty and students who contribute their time and skills to those in greatest need.

Please take this opportunity to find out how you can join our online community and connect and collaborate with your fellow alumni and friends toward advancing UT Health San Antonio.

It is only with your support that we can continue to make lives better.

HSConnect

Stay connected with your fellow alumni

Are you a first-time or returning Alumnus who has yet to sign up for an HSConnect account? Register today to enjoy the full range of benefits, including the Alumni Directory and Class Notes, alumni event e-mails and e-newsletters. Update your personal profile information and connect with your classmates.

You do not need to register to make an online donation.

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Guide to Giving

There are many ways to show your support and we are thankful for people like you who have embraced our mission and make possible all the good that we do.

Please consider Donating Online as one of the quickest and most effective ways of making a difference. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and impacts so many.

Learn more about ways to give

Endowments

Endowments

An endowment is a permanent gift to the University. The endowment corpus holds your entire gift in a perpetual fund which grows forever in its ability to contribute to the University and your area of interest, as specified in the endowment agreement. Endowment gifts allow both the corpus – your original gift – and the income the corpus generates – to grow.

To learn more about creating an endowment, please contact Stephanie Van Sickel at 210-567-2575.

What level of gift is required to establish an Endowment?

Endowments may be cash gifts, pledged gifts, planned gifts or combination “blended” gifts. A minimum gift of $10,000 establishes an Endowment at the Health Science Center. Endowed faculty positions begin at $100,000.

Faculty Endowments

President’s Distinguished University Chair

Distinguished University Chair

Distinguished Chair

Gift Level

$3 Million

$2 Million

$1 Million

Scholarship Endowments

Presidential Scholarship

General Scholarship

Gift Level

$50,000

$10,000

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School of Medicine

As the largest health center in South Texas, we work together to discover better therapies for those with little hope, and we train those who deliver these novel therapies in compassionate and comprehensive medical care. Our goal is to improve health care one patient at a time.

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Excellence in Education, Care and Research

Our team is dedicated to three missions: educating the next generation of physicians, investigating the causes and cures of disease, and providing cutting edge medical care. We have world-class research and patient care centers focusing on cancer, diabetes, aging, Alzheimer’s, substance use, and traumatic stress disorders.

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medical students are medicine's next generation

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U.S. News and World Report ranks the Long School of Medicine in the TOP 50

The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine was ranked 36th in medical schools training primary care physicians, 47th in research medical schools, and 25th best medical school for diversity by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Grad Schools for 2022.

UT Health San Antonio cardio-oncology program recognized as a Center of Excellence

The cardio-oncology program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has been recognized by the International Cardio-Oncology Society as a Center of Excellence.

UT Health San Antonio, UT Rio Grande Valley Selected as NIA Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Joining this national network will promote research collaboration, encourage data sharing and open science, and offer information and clinical trials for patients and families affected by Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Creating the future of healthcare

UT Health San Antonio’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine has been training physicians since 1968.

The Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio is the largest trainer of physicians in South Texas, many of whom remain in San Antonio and the region to practice medicine. With full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the school annually educates more than 900 students and trains 800 residents.

The UT Health Physicians practice is the largest vertically integrated medical group in San Antonio with 850 physicians in more than 100 specialties. This is powerful for patients, because specialists who are at the top of their professions work together in close proximity. Only here can a patient see these specialists as part of one team, each talking to the other about the patient's case. The spectrum of health care extends from primary care in health maintenance and disease prevention, all the way through the most complex specialty care, such as liver transplants or curing cardiac arrhythmias.

The Long School of Medicine and UT Health San Antonio have a highly productive research enterprise replete with basic scientific discoveries and state-of-the-art clinical care. World leaders in Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, cancer, aging and kidney disease, to name a few fields, are translating molecular discoveries into new therapies for these diseases. School of Medicine faculty members regularly publish in the top journals in the nation. UT Health San Antonio is home to the only National Cancer Institute designated Cancer Center in Central and South Texas, and a National Health Institute funded aging center and clinical trials center

San Antonio is fertile ground for testing new clinical treatments because demographically it is what the nation will look like in 20 years. The School of Medicine's clinical, research and educational partnerships with University Health System, the military including the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, and numerous state and private partners enrich San Antonio's large biosciences and health care economic sector.

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP
Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP

"Our clinical, research and educational partnerships with University Health System, the military including the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, and numerous state and private partners enrich San Antonio's large biosciences and health care economic sector. Thank you for your interest in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine!"

Mission and vision

Our mission is to provide responsive and comprehensive education, research and service of the highest quality in order to meet the health-related needs of the citizens of Texas. In all aspects of fulfilling this mission, we are committed to demonstrating particular sensitivity to and focus on the South Texas region while fostering the broadest diversity and inclusion that ensures successful achievement of the institutional priorities.

Our history

When The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio opened its doors to students on Sept. 3, 1968, “there was great excitement and enthusiasm,” recalled Marvin Forland, M.D., who was among the first faculty members and still works on campus today at the age of 85.

Alumni

UT Health San Antonio is committed to delivering lifelong value to alumni of our five schools. Alumni Relations offers resources such as continuing medical education, community service learning initiatives, an alumni directory and more.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Education

Education

The Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio is the largest trainer of physicians in South Texas, many of whom remain in San Antonio and the region to practice medicine. With full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the school annually educates more than 900 students and trains 800 residents.

Departments and divisions

Undergraduate Medical Education

Your medical education will be supported and enhanced by a cadre of specialists with diverse medical, philosophical, and educational backgrounds.

Graduate Medical Education

We have approximately 950 residents and fellows representing over 85 specialties, we are steadfastly committed ot training the next generation of outstanding physicians.

Continuing Medical Education

We assume leadership in bridging current quality gaps in health care delivery by maintaining and enhancing the attitude, knowledge and skills of practicing physicians

Academy of Education Scholars

We facilitate and incentivize LSOM educators to join and build our Academy into a thriving participatory community of experts, mentors, and role-models, whose achievements measurably contribute to the institution, the profession, and the academic career advancement of self and others.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Research

The research conducted by Long School of Medicine faculty reaches further than the immediate outcome of publications, presentations, and even awards. Research changes lives.

Office for Research

Bench to bedside and beyond

Long School of Medicine faculty are international leaders in behavioral health, neuroscience, imaging research, cancer, diabetes, healthy development and aging, and many other fields.

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Top 40

FY20 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research rank

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peer-reviewed articles published in FY20

$134.1M

in organized research awards in FY20

Meet our researchers

Our researchers are dedicated to translating discoveries into strategies and therapies that address real-world needs.

Our researhcers

Researcher spotlight

Carolina Solis-Herrera, M.D.

Carolina Solis-Herrera, M.D., is a Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio and the Medical Director of the Diabetes Clinic at UT Health Physicians’ Medical Arts and Research Center (MARC). Dr. Solis-Herrera is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) Clinical Scientist Development Award. Her innovative and high-impact research focuses on sodium-glucose transport protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, a class of medications used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Hers was the only diabetes-related project among the 20 selected from a total of 254 submissions from around the country and the only project led by a physician-scientist in the Southwestern United States, including Texas.

David Gius, M.D., Ph.D.

David Gius, M.D., Ph.D., is the Associate Cancer Director of Translation Research, Assistant Dean for Research and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Gius has been awarded a $1.6 million UT System Faculty STARs award to support his research on aging and breast cancer. The award will be used to purchase advanced equipment that will allow him and other researchers to look at the connection between aging, metabolism and the development of high-risk estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. This advanced equipment will allow him and other researchers to look at the connection between aging, metabolism and the development of high-risk estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

Upcoming events

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

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Alumni

Long School of Medicine Alumni

UT Health San Antonio Alumni Relations and our elite group of 14,000 Long School of Medicine Alumni are committed to enhancing the educational experience of our medical students.

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Upcoming events

There are no scheduled events at this time. Please check back later.

Alumni & Student Spotlight

Alumni and Student Spotlights showcase those who are making a difference for UT Health San Antonio on campus and in their communities.

If you would like to nominate yourself or a fellow alumni or student to be featured in our next Spotlight, please email alumni@uthscsa.edu. Nominations should include: name, graduation year and degree, notable career achievements, current occupation.

Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award

2018 recipient
Michael W. Brennan, M.D.

The Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award is the highest honor bestowed upon a graduate of the Long School of Medicine. It is given to a graduate who has demonstrated the highest principles of the medical profession and has made outstanding contributions to society and the field of medicine through patient care, basic research, clinical research, and health services administration.

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Aesculapian Laureate Society

The Aesculapian Laureate Society recognizes Long School of Medicine Alumni who have given more than $1M to the medical school.

Alumnus James L. Holly, ’73, was presented with a plaque which recognized his entrance as the founding member to the Aesculapian Laureate Society in 2017. (L-R: President William L. Henrich, Dr. Ruth Berggren, Dr. Ron Rodriguez, Dr. James L. Holly, Dr. Marvin Forland, Dr. Carlos Jaen)
Alumnus John Doran, ’73, was presented with a plaque which recognized his entrance to the Aesculapian Laureate Society in 2017. (L-R: Dr. Robin Brey, Dr. John Doran, Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano)

Alumni Engagement Team

UT Health SA Alumni Relations office is located in the Academic and Administration Building on our main campus. Our office is here to provide resources, volunteer opportunities and programming to keep alumni, students and friends connected and engaged in life at UT Health San Antonio.

Sabrina York
Senior Director, Development & Alumni Engagement
210-567-2508
yorks4@uthscsa.edu
Chantel Maldonado
Manager of Alumni Engagement
210-567-6803
maldonadoc4@uthscsa.edu
Lauren Schlattner
Senior Alumni Coordinator
210-450-8649
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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Give

Make a difference

We are committed to enhancing the educational experience of our medical students. Your gift will impact the lives of all current and future medical students and increase their opportunities to create new knowledge and make lives better.

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How your contribution helps

Alumni Class Endowed Scholarships

The Alumni Class Endowed Scholarship Program gives alumni the chance to establish named scholarships in honor of their graduating classes to recruit the best and brightest medical students in the nation and around the world.

Student Education Enhancement Fund

The Student Education Enhancement Fund goes directly to enrich the educational experience of hundreds of medical students by providing access to programs and learning initiatives on campus and around the world.

Give and Estate Planning

Gifts may be designated to support an area meaningful to you, such as scholarships, crucial research to discover cures for diseases that may have touched your own family, community health, or recruitment of exceptional faculty.

"I am very thankful for the scholarships that I received through the Long School of Medicine because they have helped fund my education and allowed me to engage in activities that will help make me a well-rounded physician."

Anisha Guda, MS4
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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

UME

Undergraduate Medical Education

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Our mission is to provide responsive and comprehensive education, research and service of the highest quality in order to meet the health-related needs of the citizens of Texas

Why us?

Dual Degree & Distiniction Programs

Students accepted to the undergraduate medical program at the Long School of Medicine have the opportunity to further specialize by applying to one of our six outstanding dual degree or distinction programs.

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"The Long School of Medicine has helped me discover myself and the type of physician I want to be. The endless support, encouragement, and guidance I have received from faculty and my classmates is amazing. I couldn’t have made a better decision than to choose to train here!"

Evelyn N. Ashiofu

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

GME

Graduate Medical Education

We are steadfastly committed to training the next generation of outstanding physicians. Our Office’s major initiatives center around work-life/well-being, educational innovation, health systems science, and professional development.

Mission & Vision

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Over 80 specialties

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San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the U.S.

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Over 850 residents and fellows

Clinical partnerships

Our major clinical partners are University Health System, South Texas Veteran’s Health Care System (Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital), Brooke Army Medical Center, and the UT Health-San Antonio/M.D. Anderson Mays Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in South Texas. As the only civilian academic medical center and civilian Level I Trauma Center in the region for adults and pediatrics, we develop the knowledge, people, processes, and medicine to make health happen for our community and beyond.

Clinical Education Training

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"My favorite aspect of the cardiology fellowship program is how much the fellows support each other and how committed the faculty are to teaching and giving the best care possible to their patients. I especially enjoy our faculty-fellow WhatsApp group, where the faculty and fellows can share interesting cases and journal articles with lively discussion."

Haley Hughston - PGY-5

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

CME

Continuing Medical Education

Our office is the exclusive CME provider to the Long School of Medicine and provider to the local community, private practice, external societies, and the military

We are proud to offer "COVID Minutes," a podcast series with over 1,000 downloads that shares updates regarding COVID-19. Interviews of UTHSA faculty experts will give insights on COVID-19 to healthcare professionals. These on-demand podcasts are ideal for clinicians on the go and others who want to stay up to date.

Beware of scams by fraudulent websites and "registration service" providers

It is critical that all registrations are made directly from our official UT Health San Antonio Continuing Medical Education (CME) website. We cannot ensure registrations made from third-party vendors. Our staff makes every effort to shut down illegitimate websites as soon as we are made aware of them. Please use caution.

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"Attending the symposium makes me take a second look at how I handle certain situations and examine them, so I can be better at my job."

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

DME Programs

Programs

Department of Medical Education

The Department of Medical Education values collaboration and partnership. Our approach to effective program development has been to work collaboratively across Centers, Departments, and Offices within our academic community at the Lozano Long School of Medicine. It is our desire to help envision, support, and shape programs across the Medical School.

  • Collaborative Programs

    Forum Theater

    The Department of Medical Education in collaboration with the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and Trinity University offer opportunities for unique educational experiences exploring more challenging topics such as Trauma Informed Care, Cultural Humility, Learner mistreatment. The unique modality of Forum Theater allows us to present scenarios to participants, who subsequently can act in the play to alter the outcome of the scenario. The participants are called “Spect-Actors”. This type of theater was introduced by a Brazilian Drama theorist named Augusto Boal in the early 1970’s and used to effect social justice change.

    ACGME/Texas Regional Hub

    The Regional Hub was a collaborative faculty development effort between UT Health San Antonio, SAUSHEC and UT Dell Medical school and the ACGME. UT Health San Antonio hosted the inaugural program in November 2019.

    Rising Leaders Workshop

    The Rising Leaders Workshop was developed in conjunction with the Office for Faculty, Dental School, School of Nursing, UME, the Military Health Institute, supported by the Vice President for Academic, Faculty and Student affairs to help develop leaders on the UT Health campus. The Rising Leaders program has a longitudinal component for participants who have completed the initial Rising Leaders Program.

  • Long School of Medicine Programs

    Faculty Development Resources

    The Department of Medical Education provides educational faculty development opportunities for individuals, divisions, departments, institutions and regional collaboratives. We specialize in clinical supervision and educational best practices in the clinical setting.

    Peer Observation Program

    Deliberate practice has been shown to achieve mastery in performance for those who would like to work towards continuous improvement and mastery in clinical teaching. The Department of Medical Education offers a peer observation program in clinical

    EPA Project

    In an effort to move toward more objective assessment of resident competence, especially in the setting of a pandemic where educational experiences are being altered, the Department of Medical Education is leading a program across multiple surgical specialties to use Entrustable Professional Activities as a basis for ensuring resident competence prior to graduation.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

GME House Staff Council

House Staff Council

Graduate Medical Education

The House Staff Council is a representative organization serving the residents and fellows at UT Health San Antonio. Our mission is to improve patient care and graduate medical education by facilitating communication between the residents, the university, the hospitals and our community.

The council is made up of four officers and representatives from each department.

President
Natalie Ridge, PGY-V
Radiation Oncology
ridgen@uthscsa.edu

Vice President
Adedeji Olusanya, PGY-III
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
olusanya@uthscsa.edu

Treasurer
Chirag Buch, PGY-III
Internal Medicine
buchc@uthscsa.edu

Secretary
Yimage Ahmed, PGY-II
Emergency Medicine
ahmedy3@uthscsa.edu

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

M.D./M.P.H.

M.D./M.P.H.

Doctor of Medcine and Master of Public Health

Advocates. Educators. Researchers. Doctors.

The M.D./M.P.H. dual degree is offered by UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine and UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio. The M.D./M.P.H. is designed to prepare students to integrate medical and public health skills as practitioners and researchers. By combining M.D. training with an M.P.H. education, students are better prepared to treat individuals and to address health issues in communities. The MD/MPH program is perfect for students interested in global health, community health, clinical research, infectious disease, health promotion, public policy or administration, environmental medicine, and preventative medicine.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Bench to Bedside

Bench to Bedside and Beyond

UT Health San Antonio is the primary training site for health professionals serving the South Texas region. As a result of long-standing partnerships and productive relationships formed since its founding, UT Health San Antonio has grown to be a major education and research institution and is the chief catalyst for the leading sector of the San Antonio economy, the biosciences and health care industry. Designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the US Department of Education, the Health Science Center is the largest comprehensive health sciences university in South Texas, and the only tier-one research institution in South Texas.

Long School of Medicine faculty are international leaders in behavioral health, neuroscience, imaging research, cancer, diabetes, healthy development and aging, and many other fields. Their affiliation with UT Health San Antonio other provides access to institutional core facilities, 13 UT Health San Antonio centers and institutes, funding programs, six clinical care partners, and several partner institutions (including the Texas Biomedical Research Institute and the Southwest Research Institute).

Additional Research Highlights

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

COVID Webinar

COVID Webinar Series

Hosted by the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, Dean Robert Hromas M.D., FACP leads discussions with world leading physicians and scientists to discuss COVID-19 and its impact on medicine, healthcare, education, and the community. Each webinar installment of this COVID Webinar Series aims to gain fact-based insights from UT Health San Antonio's subject matter experts working to protect the health of the public, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Vaccines, Long-Term Effects, and What's to Come

Recorded Thursday April 29, 2021

Hosted By

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

  • Allen Anderson, M.D., FACC, FAHA Chief & Professor of Cardiology
  • Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Thomas F Patterson, M.D., Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D., Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Summary

Our expert UT Health SA panelists will be providing updates on the latest information on vaccines, long-term effects, cardiology effects and more related to COVID-19 that is happening here in San Antonio.

Please Note

Users must register to view webinar video recording.

Our COVID-19 Experts: Cutting Edge Medicine in the Community

Recorded Thursday March 4, 2021

Hosted By

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

  • Theresa Barton, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
  • Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Jan Patterson, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Carolina Solis-Herrera, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Diabetes

Summary

Our panel of experienced UT Health San Antonio physicians discuss a variety of topics during our COVID-19 presentation including emphasis for diabetes patients, pediatric recommendations, and the latest on vaccines.

Please Note

Users must register to view webinar video recording.

COVID-19 Today: An Update from UT Health SA Experts

Recorded Thursday February 4, 2021

Hosted By

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

  • Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Thomas F Patterson, M.D., Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D., Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our way of life in many ways but what it has not changed is the heart of our Long School of Medicine family – our students, researchers, faculty, alumni and staff. We have focused a tremendous amount of attention on distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the community to providing exceptional health care to all our patients. We will also answer your questions on each of these issues and provide the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please Note

Users must register to view webinar video recording.

Navigating COVID-19: Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Beyond

Recorded Thursday December 3, 2020

Hosted By

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

  • Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Jan Patterson, M.D., M.S., Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Thomas F Patterson, M.D., Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Barbara Taylor, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D., Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Summary

Our expert panelists will be providing updates to current vaccine clinical trials and therapeutic treatments here at UT Health San Antonio. They will also discuss the newest surge in case numbers and how we as a community can prepare ourselves to navigate through the pandemic.

Please Note

Users must register to view webinar video recording.

COVID-19: Help You Better Understand COVID-19, What It Means To You Where You Work and Live

Recorded Monday October 19, 2020

Hosted By

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

  • Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Jan Patterson, M.D., M.S., Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Thomas F Patterson, MD, Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
  • Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Summary

COVID-19 has changed our lives forever. While most of us are fatigued with the pressure of the pandemic, it is still with us, and will not go away for likely another year, until after a vaccine becomes widely distributed. Please join us for updates on the latest treatments and outcomes, the types and timelines of potential vaccines, and the multiple long term complications that need rehabilitation. We will also answer your questions on each of these issues. Our panel of experts leads the nation in clinical trial accruals for the new COVID-19 treatments and the region in the public health response to the pandemic.

Please Note

Users must register to view webinar video recording.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Podcast

Episode 7 - Long Covid (Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID (PASC))

COVID Minutes Podcast

  • Overview

    This episode addresses the lingering symptoms that occur and remain after an episode of COVID. Common problem experienced by patients with PASC are discussed and recommendation for common symptoms are provided.

    Target Audience

    This educational activity is designed to meet the educational goals of physicians and other healthcare professionals specializing in infectious diseases, family and community medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and all those involved with the management of patients with coronavirus.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Discuss the lingering symptoms that occur and remain after an episode of COVID.
    2. Discuss the most common problem of PASC.
    3. Provide recommended therapies or modalities for chronic fatigue, anosmia, and brain fog.

    Program Registration Information

    Registration Fees - $0.00

    Continuing Medical Education Credit - Accreditation and Designation Statement

    UT Health Science Center at San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    UT Health Science Center at San Antonio designates this enduring material for a maximum of .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Certificate of Attendance

    Healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance and are asked to consult with their licensing board for information on applicability and acceptance.

    Credit may be obtained upon successful completion of the activity’s evaluation.

    Release date: 05/19/2021 Credits expire: 7/25/2023

  • Faculty

    Jan E. Patterson, MD, MS, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, CHCP

    Course Director

    Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Pathology
    Associate Dean for Quality & Lifelong Learning
    Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
    UT Health San Antonio

    Dr. Patterson is a Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Associate Dean for Quality & Lifelong Learning at The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio. She is clinician and a healthcare epidemiologist and has served on the Infectious Diseases Society of America Board of Directors and is Past President of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. She is a longtime infectious diseases consultant to Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) and has also served on CDC’s Healthcare Infection Practices Advisory Committee and has been a consultant to San Antonio Metro Health Department. She has been a site principal investigator for new antimicrobial agents and is currently a co-investigator for the NIH Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT) studies as outlined above and is a sub-investigator for the Novavax SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial at UT Health and University Hospital.

    Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD

    Professor and Chair
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
    Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
    UT Health San Antonio

    Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez is an accomplished academic Physiatrist and Professor and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. She previously was a Medical Director of the Brain Injury and Stroke Program at a top three US News and World Report Best Hospital for Rehabilitation.

    Dr. Gutierrez grew up in South Texas, then moved to Houston where she earned her undergraduate degree at Rice University, her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed her PM&R residency training at the Baylor College of Medicine-UT Houston Rehabilitation Alliance. She excitedly moved to San Antonio to lead the distinguished Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2020. Her area of clinical expertise is the care of patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke rehabilitation, and interventional spasticity management. Most recently, she has developed a Post-COVID Recovery Clinic to help those who were diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffer from various physical, cognitive, and functional difficulties.

    Relevant Financial Disclosures

    Dr. Jan Patterson has disclosed that she is a NIH ACTT co-investigator and sub-investigator for the Novavax SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial and has received an honorarium from Pfizer for an antifungal symposium and has received honoraria from Medscape.

    Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez has no relevant disclosures. She has been a paid consultant for Merz, Allergan, Ipsen, Medtronic, and Piramal.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

CME Team

Team

Contiuning Medical Education

Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Jan E. Patterson, M.D., M.S.
pattersonj@uthscsa.edu
210-567-4445

Director, Office of Continuing Medical Education
Letti Bresnahan, MBA, CHCP
bresnahan@uthscsa.edu
210-567-0299

Office Manager
Peggy McNabb
mcnabbp@uthscsa.edu
210-567-4445

Information Technology Specialist
Joe Cepeda
cepedaj@uthscsa.edu
210-567-4446

Senior Conference Coordinator
Cindie Garza
garzacy@uthscsa.edu
210-567-4447

Intermediate Conference Coordinator
Trey Ximenez
ximenez@uthscsa.edu

RSS Conference Coordinator
Melissa Craig
Craigm@uthscsa.edu
210-567-4491

Associate Conference Coordinator
Brittany Taylor
Taylorb9@uthscsa.edu
210-450-7101

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Scholarship Recipients

All Alumni Scholarship Recipients

The Long School of Medicine Alumni Council awards scholarships that recognize students for academic excellence, clinical excellence, outstanding leadership, ethical standards, and exemplary service while enrolled in the Long School of Medicine.

Victoria Arnold

Paul Cutler Award for Clinical Excellence

The Paul Cutler Award for Clinical Excellence recognizes a fourth-year student who best demonstrates the qualities of clinical excellence achieved through both the blend of art and science of medicine.

Award recipient: Victoria Arnold, Class of 2020

Rachel Hamblin

Long School of Medicine Alumni Merit Award – MS4

The Merit Award recognizes students’ academic excellence, leadership and exemplary service while enrolled at the Long School of Medicine.

Award recipients: Rachel Hamblin and Corey McNeilly, both are from the Class of 2020

Emily Henkel

Carlos Pestana, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Alumni Association Scholarship

The Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD, Award recognizes a graduating student for truly outstanding academic talent, clinical skills and ethical standards.

Award Recipient: Emily Henkel, Class of 2020

(L-R): Matthew Lunati, Curtis Clark, and David Philpott

Dean J. James Young Research Day Award

Award recipients: Matthew Lunati, Curtis Clark, David Philpott, and Nathan Rubalcava

(L-R): Dr. Jason Rocha and Dr. Jennifer Potter

Dean J. James Young Research Day Award

Award recipient: Dr. Jason Rocha

(L-R): Dr. Allison Grimes, Dr. Mayada Ali, and Dr. Bravein Amalakuhan

Dean J. James Young Research Day Award

Award Recipients: Dr. Allison Grimes, Dr. Mayada Ali, and Dr. Bravein Amalakuhan

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Jaqueline Bucher, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Carlos Pestana, M.D., Ph.D. Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Jaqueline Bucher

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Breanne Schiffer, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Class of 1973 Scholarship Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Breanne Schiffer

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Caitlin Fearing, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Class of 2010 Scholarship Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Caitlin Fearing

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Alex Henri, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Merit Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Alex Henri

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Katherine Beale, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Merit Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Katherine Beale

(L-R): James Cuvillier, Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Eithan Kotkowski

Merit Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipients: James Cuvillier and Eithan Kotkowski

Additional Scholarship Recipients

  • Class of 1973 Endowed Scholarship: Rose Ann Huynh, Jordan Buckley, Andrea Richardson
  • Class of 2010 Endowed Scholarship: David Shockey, Olivia Thornton, Nick Salerno, David Melton
  • Paul Cutler for Clinical Excellence: Kathy Harnois, Ann Ding, Evelyn Ashiofu, Krithika Srinivasan
  • The Forland Humanism in Medicine: Rachel Dang, Spencer Cope, Cheri Dijamco
  • Carlos Pestana, M.D., Ph.D. Award: Rachel Dang, John Ostrominski, Adriana Sullivan, Allison Pye
  • Merit Award: Jordan Garcia, MS2; Maria Leon-Camarena, MS3; Jordan McMaster, MS2; Natasha Mitra, MS4; Emily Sendukas, MS4; Ryan Wealther, MS1; Averi White, MS3; Mitchel Faulkner, MS2; Akshay Goswami, MS2; Anisha Guda, MS1; Sejal Lahoti, MS1; Matt Lelegren, MS4; Chloé Woodington, MS4; Evelyn Ashiofu, MS4; Eden Bernstein, MS3; Eric Bready, MS4; David Shockey, MS2; Christopher Smith, MS3; Yvonne Uyanwune, MS2; Fadi Al-Asadi, MS2; Kris Koch, MS4; Nichole Michaeli, MS2; Bill Wu, MS4; 2015 Recipient - Cheri Dijamco

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

UME Curriculum

Curriculum

Undergraduate Medical Education

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

The Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree program’s CIRCLE curriculum is guided by educational best practices in standardizing learning outcomes while providing students with opportunities to individualize the learning process. There is an emphasis on active learning with formative checkpoints for students to self-assess their progress and develop habits of self-directed learning and inquiry. The curriculum integrates basic & clinical science knowledge with early clinical experiences to provide students with a better understand of disease process and management. Ample time is provided for electives, selectives and exploration of career choices essential to professional identity formation.

Preclinical Curriculum

The foundational 20-month preclinical curriculum emphasizes acquisition of formal knowledge and clinical skills in a systematic and incremental manner that emphasizes thematic relationships over rote memorization.

Clinical Curriculum

The clinical phase of the curriculum includes core clerkships where students gain experience in a variety of settings. In fourth year, there is ample opportunity to explore career interests and gain additional experience and confidence in clinical skills needed to transition to residency.

Program Highlights

Dual Degree & Distinction Programs

Two dual degree programs are available to students. Students also have the opportunity to pursue a degree distinction during medical school.

Hands On Bedside Ultrasound Curriculum

Our basic bedside ultrasound curriculum will extend over all 4 academic years. The curriculum will focus on hands-on training using live and simulation models with associated supplementary didactics.

H-E-B Clinical Skills Center

Standardized Patient Program provides students with opportunities to develop their clinical skills. Standardized patients are individuals carefully chosen to portray patients with specific medical conditions.

Keys to Success

  • Culture of Excellence
    We strive to maintain a culture of inclusion, high expectations and fairness. We embrace and celebrate distinctive perspectives and viewpoints that enrich all members of the Long School of Medicine and UT Health San Antonio.
  • Proven Integrated Curriculum
    The CIRCLE Curriculum integrates clinical experiences from the first day of medical school with foundational science through all four years. We have a proven track record of student satisfaction and success on United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) and in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP).
  • Individualized Learning
    Students have the ability to individualize clinical activities. Opportunities are available to participate in Student-Faculty collaborative clinics in the community. Various community service learning projects and elective courses are available both locally and internationally.
  • Dedicated Faculty
    An integrated group of talented, passionate, experienced medical educators who are Researchers, Clinicians, and Leaders.

Competencies and Objectives of the M.D. Degree Program

Altruism

Medical students must be compassionate and empathetic in caring for patients, and must be trustworthy and truthful in their professional dealings. They must act with integrity, honesty, and respect for patients’ privacy and dignity.

By the time of graduation, the Long School of Medicine M.D. student will be able to:

  • List and define the basic principles guiding ethical decision making
  • Apply ethical concepts to medical ethical dilemmas
  • Demonstrate respect for human dignity
  • Provide compassionate patient care
  • Demonstrate honesty and integrity in educational and professional interactions
  • Demonstrate appropriate patient advocacy
  • Understand the factors that impact health
  • Appropriately address conflicts of interest inherent to the field of medicine

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Knowledge

Medical students must understand the scientific basis of medicine and be able to apply that understanding to the safe and effective practice of medicine. They must utilize self-assessment and self-knowledge to optimize their learning.

By the time of graduation, the Long School of Medicine M.D. student will be able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of normal structure and function of the human body
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of disease and disorders
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the clinical manifestations of common conditions and disorders
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the pharmacotherapeutic modalities for common conditions and disorders
  • Demonstrate honesty and integrity in educational and professional interactions
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of clinical and translational research
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the epidemiology of common conditions and disorders
  • Demonstrate knowledge of systems of healthcare delivery

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Skills

Medical students must acquire wide-ranging skills that will enable them to care for patients as a professional.

By the time of graduation, the Long School of Medicine M.D. student will be able to:

  • Obtain an accurate and complete medical history
  • Perform all components of a complete physical examination
  • Prepare for and perform basic clinical procedures
  • Perform basic interpretation of commonly used diagnostic tests
  • Recognize the typical physical exam manifestations of common medical conditions and disorders
  • Demonstrate the skills of clinical reasoning and clinical problem solving for common conditions and disorders
  • Create appropriate management strategies for common conditions and disorders
  • Apply the principles of relieving total pain (physical, psychological, spiritual and social)
  • Demonstrate effective and appropriate communication of medical information, both in writing and verbally
  • Demonstrate the ability and commitment to continuously improved medical knowledge and skills

View the full list of objectives

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

UME Favorite Things SA

Favorite Things to Do in San Antonio

Undergraduate Medical Education

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

The following are Long School of Medicine student favorite places to go and activities to do in the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas.

About San Antonio

Culture & Entertainment

  • The Witte Museum
  • The McNay Museum
  • First Fridays Southtown Art Walk
  • Slab Cinemas
  • Chicken and Pickle
  • The Pearl
  • Jazz, TX
  • High Street Wine Co
  • St. Mary's Street
  • Paramour
  • Flying Saucer
  • Little Woodrow's
  • Knight Watch Games

Sports & Exercise

Outdoor Spaces

Day Trips from San Antonio

  • Fredericksburg
  • Boerne
  • Gruene

Fine Dining

  • Nonna Osteria
  • Southerleigh
  • Cappy's
  • Cured
  • Dough
  • Bliss

Authentic Ethnic Cuisine

  • Jerk Shack
  • Sichuan House
  • Tim's Oriental
  • Biryani Pot
  • Dallah Mediterranean Cuisine
  • Berni Vietnamese
  • Thai Esan & Noodle House
  • Bean Thai
  • Kobam's Nigerian

Sweets/Desserts

  • Honcho's Churro Truck
  • Snopioca
  • Kung Fu Tea
  • Artea
  • Creppeccino
  • Kuma

Coffee

  • Summermoon Coffee
  • Local/Merit Coffee
  • Cafe Martinez
  • Revolucion Coffee and Juice

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Magazines

Magazine Landing Page Option 1 (5-column)

Magazines of UT Health San Antonio

UT Health San Antonio

Mission is the flagship magazine of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Produced by the Office of Communications, it illuminates the vital and innovative advancements in education, research and healing at the university.

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School of Nursing

Tribute is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

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School of Dentistry

Salute is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of the School of Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our dental alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

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Long School of Medicine

Future is the official magazine of the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our medical alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

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Magazines of UT Health San Antonio

UT Health San Antonio

Mission is the flagship magazine of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Produced by the Office of Communications, it illuminates the vital and innovative advancements in education, research and healing at the university.

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School of Nursing

Tribute is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

See the issue

School of Dentistry

Salute is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of the School of Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our dental alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

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Long School of Medicine

Future is the official magazine of the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our medical alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

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Mentoring Academy

Mentoring About

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Sandra Burge, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, received the Distinguished Research Mentor Award from the North American Primary Care Research Group, an international research society for the discipline of family medicine.

Paolo Casali, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, was awarded a T32 Training Grant for his Graduate Research in Immunity Program from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Casali’s program will train Ph.D., D.D.S./Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. students for careers in academia, industry or government.

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Anne-Marie Langevin, M.D., professor of pediatrics and Greehey Chair in Pediatric Oncology, has received the Harry Hynes Award from the National Cancer Institute’s Community Oncology Research Program.

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Brian L. Mealey, D.D.S., M.S., professor in the Department of Periodontics, received the American Academy of Periodontology Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award.

Michael P. Mills, D.M.D., clinical associate professor in the Department of Periodontics, received the American Academy of Periodontology Special Citation Award.

Masahiro Morita, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, has received a Rising STARs Award from the UT System. The award for early career investigators comes with a $250,000 grant.

Jan E. Patterson, M.D., M.S., professor of medicine/infectious diseases and pathology, was awarded the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Lectureship award.

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Sandra Burge, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, received the Distinguished Research Mentor Award from the North American Primary Care Research Group, an international research society for the discipline of family medicine.

Paolo Casali, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, was awarded a T32 Training Grant for his Graduate Research in Immunity Program from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Casali’s program will train Ph.D., D.D.S./Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. students for careers in academia, industry or government.

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., professor of pediatric and transplant surgery, received the American Medical Association Foundation Award for Health Education.

Diane Ferguson, B.S.N., RN, director of the H-E-B Clinical Skills Center, was named the Outstanding Educator of the Year by the Association of Standardized Patient Educators. The association promotes best practices and fosters research and professionalism among standardized patient educators.

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Robert L. Ferrer, M.D., M.P.H., vice chair for research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his work in community health. He is the eighth faculty member in UT Health San Antonio history to attain this distinction.

Dr. Ferrer, a practicing family physician in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, focuses on understanding and measuring practical opportunities for healthy behaviors to improve health and well-being in vulnerable populations.

The National Academy of Medicine serves alongside the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering as an independent adviser to the nation and the international community. Membership in the National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievements and commitment to service.


Kenneth M. Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Endodontics, was named the 2018 recipient of the American Dental Association Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research.

Carlos Jaén, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, was appointed to the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents.

Anne-Marie Langevin, M.D., professor of pediatrics and Greehey Chair in Pediatric Oncology, has received the Harry Hynes Award from the National Cancer Institute’s Community Oncology Research Program.

Luci K. Leykum, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General and Hospital Medicine, has been named to head a first-of-its-kind center of excellence to improve services to veterans and their caregivers.

The new center will be managed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Health Services Research & Development. It will be named for former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole in recognition of her national leadership and advocacy on behalf of the nation’s 5.5 million military and veteran caregivers.

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Jacqueline M. McGrath, Ph.D., RN, FNAP, FAAN, was named vice dean for faculty excellence for the School of Nursing and will hold the Thelma and Joe Crow Endowed Professorship.

Brian L. Mealey, D.D.S., M.S., professor in the Department of Periodontics, received the American Academy of Periodontology Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award.

Michael P. Mills, D.M.D., clinical associate professor in the Department of Periodontics, received the American Academy of Periodontology Special Citation Award.

Masahiro Morita, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, has received a Rising STARs Award from the UT System. The award for early career investigators comes with a $250,000 grant.

Jan E. Patterson, M.D., M.S., professor of medicine/infectious diseases and pathology, was awarded the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Lectureship award.

Bridgett Piernik-Yoder, Ph.D., OTR, was named chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health Professions.

Sudha Seshadri, M.D., professor of neurology and director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, recently received a $1.9 million Translational STARs award from the UT System to address research and treatment needs in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Jing Wang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.N., RN, FAAN, has joined the School of Nursing as vice dean for research. She is a professor and the holder of the Hugh Roy Cullen Professorship in Nursing, and will guide faculty and student research within the School of Nursing.

Richard Wettstein, M.M.Ed., RRT, FAARC, was named director of the Respiratory Care Program in the School of Health Professions.

Kexin Xu, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, was recognized with the Young Investigator Award from the Society for Basic Urologic Research.

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Ethnic minorities who have immigrated to the United States have experienced health issues—namely high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes–and a Korean American researcher at UT Health San Antonio’s School of Nursing wants to find out why.

Jisook Ko, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, assistant professor of nursing, came to the United States in 2011 after earning her B.S.N. and M.S.N. at Yonsei University in South Korea.

During her first year, she assembled a multi-disciplinary research mentoring team and launched two pilot studies—one focusing on Korean Americans who are experiencing high blood pressure and another focusing on Asian Americans who have developed Type 2 diabetes.

First Pilot Study: Korean Americans who are experiencing high blood pressure

For the first study of Korean Americans, who are one of the fastest-growing Asian subgroups in the U.S., she is using a finding from her dissertation that Korean Americans “consume 2.5 times more dietary sodium compared with the current recommendations.” Due to “bicultural diet patterns,” she said Korean Americans are mixing the western diet with the Korean contemporary diet, and this contributes to exceptionally high sodium consumption.

Diet is a key modifiable risk factor for chronic disease including high blood pressure. While many people take medication to control their high blood pressure, older Korean Americans are hesitant about taking medication. “They don’t want to start taking the medicine because they think it’s forever,” Dr. Ko explained. “They prefer a dietary approach instead of medication.” Dr. Ko explained. “They prefer a dietary approach instead of medication.”

However, most do not benefit from the full potential of dietary modification protective effects. This is due to a number of reasons, including high individual variability in response to certain diets or dietary guidelines and programs. It is now well acknowledged that in order to gain the full benefit of dietary regimes, it is essential to take into account the individual’s response to the diet.

This relationship is likely due to the variance of blood pressure response to alterations in dietary sodium intake as well. Salt sensitivity, defined as greater blood pressure response to sodium intake than average, is a major risk factor for high blood pressure and increased cardiovascular risk and is highly relevant given that 99 percent of U.S. adults exceed the recommended daily intake for salt. Salt sensitivity is more prevalent in African Americans and Asian populations, including Korean Americans, than their white counterparts.

Dr. Ko is now conducting a feasibility study of investigating a salt sensitivity biomarker that is a critical factor of individual variability to dietary sodium intake.


Dr. Ko is now conducting a feasibility study of investigating a salt sensitivity biomarker that is a critical factor of individual variability to dietary sodium intake. Until now, there are no validated rapid tests or diagnostic markers to identify salt sensitivity of blood pressure in clinical practice. Dr. Ko is proposing examining salt sensitivity using a genetics approach which is published in a recent article in her feasibility study. She is collaborating with Teresa Johnson-Pais, Ph.D., associate professor/research of urology in the Long School of Medicine and co-director of the UT Health San Antonio Biobanking and Genome Analysis Core Laboratory, and Darpan Patel, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing and director of the Biobehavioral Research Laboratory in the School of Nursing.

Dr. Ko has identified a sample of 40 Korean Americans in San Antonio with high blood pressure. Study participants were asked to have their blood drawn for the genetic testing of salt sensitivity and provide a urine sample for assessing their sodium level.

The pilot study is funded by $12,000 from the Nursing Advisory Council at the School of Nursing and $1,500 from an external nursing organization, Sigma Theta Tau Delta Alpha-at-Large Chapter. After the pilot study, Dr. Ko will use a larger sample. “Then I can develop the personalized sodium reduction program concerning the sodium-sensitivity biomarker, and the final step can be modifying the dietary recommendations based on the identified mechanism,” she said.

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Second Pilot Study: Asian Americans who have developed Type 2 diabetes.

The second study is focusing on why Asian Americans over 65 years of age get Type 2 diabetes. Funded by $35,000 from the Asian Resource Center for Minority Aging Research supported by the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Ko is seeking Asian Americans in San Antonio who are first-generation immigrants from Korea, China, and South Asia, which includes Filipinos and South Indians.

Although Asian Americans tend to maintain a healthy weight with a lower body mass index compared with whites and Hispanics, they have higher prevalence rates of Type 2 diabetes, worse diabetes control, and higher rates of complications due to limited English proficiency and health literacy. Dr. Ko wants to see if diet is a factor.

Older Asian Americans don’t usually eat a lot of sugar, Dr. Ko said, but they are still consuming traditional grains of rice and noodles as their major source of carbohydrates. She wants to see what kind of foods they are eating and what kind of food sources contribute to their high blood glucose.

She has chosen metabolites as the measurable tool to gauge the response to their diet. Although researchers cannot see every single metabolite, some studies have identified metabolites relating to Type 2 diabetes.

Her collaborators are Yan Du, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, post-doctoral student concentrating on the Chinese population; Rozmin Jiwani, Ph.D., RN, who will help recruit South Asians; and Jing Wang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.N., RN, FAAN, vice dean for research for the School of Nursing and director of the school’s Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies.

“This population still needs culturally tailored care for their chronic disease,” Dr. Ko said, pointing to the precision health approach. “Advances in the field of nutritional science have facilitated the shift from the general population-based guidelines to more precise dietary recommendations. In addition to the culturally tailored guidance for ethnic minority populations, we need to provide more precise approaches based on their response to the current dietary recommendations.”

An appropriate method for measuring and assessing dietary intake is required. Digital health technology can collect not only real-time food intake but also health data from people on their own timeline. It also contributes to enabling more personalized self-management of chronic disease through acquiring personal data and formulating the most individualized interventions. Thus, study participants will have the opportunity to use digital health technology, such as a wearable device and its companion dietary mobile app and wireless monitors of blood pressure and blood glucose.

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Ethnic minorities who have immigrated to the United States have experienced health issues—namely high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes–and a Korean American researcher at UT Health San Antonio’s School of Nursing wants to find out why.

Jisook Ko, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, assistant professor of nursing, came to the United States in 2011 after earning her B.S.N. and M.S.N. at Yonsei University in South Korea.

During her first year, she assembled a multi-disciplinary research mentoring team and launched two pilot studies—one focusing on Korean Americans who are experiencing high blood pressure and another focusing on Asian Americans who have developed Type 2 diabetes.

For the first study of Korean Americans, who are one of the fastest-growing Asian subgroups in the U.S., she is using a finding from her dissertation that Korean Americans “consume 2.5 times more dietary sodium compared with the current recommendations.” Due to “bicultural diet patterns,” she said Korean Americans are mixing the western diet with the Korean contemporary diet, and this contributes to exceptionally high sodium consumption.

Diet is a key modifiable risk factor for chronic disease including high blood pressure. While many people take medication to control their high blood pressure, older Korean Americans are hesitant about taking medication. “They don’t want to start taking the medicine because they think it’s forever,” Dr. Ko explained. “They prefer a dietary approach instead of medication.” Dr. Ko explained. “They prefer a dietary approach instead of medication.”

However, most do not benefit from the full potential of dietary modification protective effects. This is due to a number of reasons, including high individual variability in response to certain diets or dietary guidelines and programs. It is now well acknowledged that in order to gain the full benefit of dietary regimes, it is essential to take into account the individual’s response to the diet.

This relationship is likely due to the variance of blood pressure response to alterations in dietary sodium intake as well. Salt sensitivity, defined as greater blood pressure response to sodium intake than average, is a major risk factor for high blood pressure and increased cardiovascular risk and is highly relevant given that 99 percent of U.S. adults exceed the recommended daily intake for salt. Salt sensitivity is more prevalent in African Americans and Asian populations, including Korean Americans, than their white counterparts.

“They don’t want to start taking the medicine because they think it’s forever. They prefer a dietary approach instead of medication.”

Jisook Ko, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN

Dr. Ko is now conducting a feasibility study of investigating a salt sensitivity biomarker that is a critical factor of individual variability to dietary sodium intake. Until now, there are no validated rapid tests or diagnostic markers to identify salt sensitivity of blood pressure in clinical practice. Dr. Ko is proposing examining salt sensitivity using a genetics approach which is published in a recent article in her feasibility study. She is collaborating with Teresa Johnson-Pais, Ph.D., associate professor/research of urology in the Long School of Medicine and co-director of the UT Health San Antonio Biobanking and Genome Analysis Core Laboratory, and Darpan Patel, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing and director of the Biobehavioral Research Laboratory in the School of Nursing.

Dr. Ko has identified a sample of 40 Korean Americans in San Antonio with high blood pressure. Study participants were asked to have their blood drawn for the genetic testing of salt sensitivity and provide a urine sample for assessing their sodium level.

The pilot study is funded by $12,000 from the Nursing Advisory Council at the School of Nursing and $1,500 from an external nursing organization, Sigma Theta Tau Delta Alpha-at-Large Chapter. After the pilot study, Dr. Ko will use a larger sample. “Then I can develop the personalized sodium reduction program concerning the sodium-sensitivity biomarker, and the final step can be modifying the dietary recommendations based on the identified mechanism,” she said.

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Second Pilot Study: Asian Americans who have developed Type 2 diabetes.

The second study is focusing on why Asian Americans over 65 years of age get Type 2 diabetes. Funded by $35,000 from the Asian Resource Center for Minority Aging Research supported by the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Ko is seeking Asian Americans in San Antonio who are first-generation immigrants from Korea, China, and South Asia, which includes Filipinos and South Indians.

Although Asian Americans tend to maintain a healthy weight with a lower body mass index compared with whites and Hispanics, they have higher prevalence rates of Type 2 diabetes, worse diabetes control, and higher rates of complications due to limited English proficiency and health literacy. Dr. Ko wants to see if diet is a factor.

Older Asian Americans don’t usually eat a lot of sugar, Dr. Ko said, but they are still consuming traditional grains of rice and noodles as their major source of carbohydrates. She wants to see what kind of foods they are eating and what kind of food sources contribute to their high blood glucose.

She has chosen metabolites as the measurable tool to gauge the response to their diet. Although researchers cannot see every single metabolite, some studies have identified metabolites relating to Type 2 diabetes.

Her collaborators are Yan Du, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, post-doctoral student concentrating on the Chinese population; Rozmin Jiwani, Ph.D., RN, who will help recruit South Asians; and Jing Wang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.N., RN, FAAN, vice dean for research for the School of Nursing and director of the school’s Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies.

“This population still needs culturally tailored care for their chronic disease,” Dr. Ko said, pointing to the precision health approach. “Advances in the field of nutritional science have facilitated the shift from the general population-based guidelines to more precise dietary recommendations. In addition to the culturally tailored guidance for ethnic minority populations, we need to provide more precise approaches based on their response to the current dietary recommendations.”

An appropriate method for measuring and assessing dietary intake is required. Digital health technology can collect not only real-time food intake but also health data from people on their own timeline. It also contributes to enabling more personalized self-management of chronic disease through acquiring personal data and formulating the most individualized interventions. Thus, study participants will have the opportunity to use digital health technology, such as a wearable device and its companion dietary mobile app and wireless monitors of blood pressure and blood glucose.

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To start services, please call NOW at 210-450-7222. At the time you call, please have available

  • Demographics (name, date of birth, address, phone number, etc.)

  • Insurance information, if any

  • Relevant treatment history (e.g., notes from previous psychiatrists, therapists, and/or psychiatric hospitalizations, including assessments, treatment plans, and medications)

  • Any lab work completed, if available (must include pregnancy test if applicable, UDS, CBC)

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Welcome to the NOW Clinic

The mission of NOW is to ensure that all Bexar County residents have rapid and sustained access to behavioral health services.

Our Services

We follow CDC guidelines for masking. Telehealth is available for individual therapy; all groups are currently online.



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The mission of NOW is to ensure that all Bexar County residents have rapid and sustained access to behavioral health services. We aim to help clients learn to manage their own behavioral health needs, minimize disruption to people’s lifestyles and livelihoods, and prevent psychiatric hospitalization. We believe in the following standards of care:

Evidence-based Practice: Skills-focused, evidence-based treatments form the foundation of the NOW Clinic. We believe in the importance of providing treatment that has been shown to be effective for each client’s specific concerns.

Community Resources: At the NOW Clinic, we believe thoughtful linkage to community-based resources helps clients build the supports they need to build and sustain a life worth living. We provide case management to every client to identify their needs and appropriate resources.

Clinic Culture: Our staff prize the dignity, autonomy, and growth-orientation of clients. We appreciate and respect the various identities that make us unique, including race, age, culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, spirituality, and family structure. We acknowledge that some identities can be devalued by our environments and that these experiences can affect how we feel about ourselves, others, and the world we live in.

Most Major Insurances Accepted

NOW accepts most major insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid. The clinic also accepts CareLink.

NOW Location

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NOW Clinic

7810 Louis Pasteur Drive, Suite 100

San Antonio, TX 78229

Phone: 210-450-7222

Transitional Care Clinic (TCC) Location



Bus Lines

95, 602, 603

Parking at NOW

Patient parking is available in front and on the left side of the building. There is no charge.

Parking at University Plaza

Patient parking is metered and located on the left side of the building. Please bring quarters or a credit/debit card for the meter, located by the entrance.

NOW Policies

Our Policies

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Who We Serve

Referrals are accepted from any source within the community. NOW clients should

  • be Bexar County residents
  • be Adults, age 18 or older
  • have mild to moderate symptoms (no need for intensive services)
  • not currently be receiving behavioral health services in the community
  • not have been hospitalized for mental health reasons in the past 30 days
  • may have substance-use diagnoses, as long as there is no acute need for detox/withdrawal symptoms

NOW accepts most major insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid. The clinic also accepts CareLink.

Prescribers at the NOW Clinic typically do not treat clients whose primary psychiatric medication is a psychostimulant or benzodiazepine.

Initial Appointment

New clients will be scheduled to meet with either a counselor, a psychiatrist, or a case manager, depending on their screening. Clients will be scheduled initially with a psychiatrist if they clearly exhibit symptoms that are optimally treated with medication. Most clients’ initial appointment will be with a counselor, who will initiate evidence-based treatment and further assess the need for medication.

NOW Clinic Policies (Appointment cancelation, no shows, etc). {link to PDF—TK}

UT Health Notice of Privacy Practices {link to UT Health PDF}

NOW Services

Our Services

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Model of Care

For most people, behavioral health difficulties occur occasionally, with periods of symptoms that may vary in type and severity. NOW treatment was developed to fit this pattern. Clients receive intensive services early in treatment and during periods when symptoms are worse and less intensive services in times of greater wellness. Treatment episodes at NOW typically last 3–4 months. Counselors and clients work together to identify signs that clients may need to return for additional counseling sessions.

Clients who do require long-term, intensive services are linked by our care coordination team to a professional provider within the community who can provide that care.

  • Services Offered
    • Psychiatry/Medication Management
    • Counseling
      • Individual Therapy. Counseling services are designed to help clients build skills that empower them to recognize and manage their symptoms on their own, leading to decreased need for services over time.
      • Couples & Family Therapy. These services are designed to help enhance relationship quality and satisfaction, improve family dynamics, and provide a space to share experiences or concerns with partners or family members.
      • Group Therapy*. NOW and its affiliated UT Health San Antonio clinics offer a variety of psychotherapy groups. Each group has eligibility requirements for entry. Some are open to all UT Health clients, while others require screening. Current groups include:
        • Anxiety & Stress Management, Wednesdays, 1–2 PM. Available to current UT Health patients on a drop-in basis
        • Chronic Pain, Tuesdays, 4:30–5:30 PM. Requires screening. Please contact xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email} to schedule.
        • Coping with Grief, Wednesdays, 4–5 PM. Requires screening. Please contact xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email} to schedule.
        • Stress Management, Thursdays, 4–5 PM. Available to current UT Health patients on a drop-in basis.
      • Case Management. NOW case managers help clients find resources for needs such as health insurance, prescription assistance, basic needs (e.g., food, housing), transportation, disability services, legal services, and community support.
      • Peer Support. A peer is a person with lived experience of recovery from mental illness or addiction. NOW has state-certified peer specialists and interns available onsite. Peers support long-term recovering by combining their experiences with skills learned in formal training.
      • Crisis Support. NOW provides crisis support to clients through the Living Room, an area at University Plaza (around the corner from NOW). The Living Room is open Monday–Friday, 8 AM–4 PM, and clients may call ahead or come to the Living Room without an appointment. There, a counselor provides help to clients experiencing a mental health crisis, such as a panic attack, a significant increase in stress, worsening mental health symptoms, or the urge to do something that could have negative consequences, such as hurting oneself. The goal is to help clients use skills and resources to cope with a crisis and help them avoid hospitalization.
      • Relapse Prevention Workshops. One-time workshops are available by appointment to help clients dealing with substance use problems develop a long-term recovery plan. These sessions help clients use problem-solving skills to prevent relapse and maximize harm-reduction skills if relapse does occur.


      • *All group therapy services are currently provided online due to COVID-19 precautions. If you are interested in one of our groups, please contact {link to contact page} the clinic and ask for more information.

  • Specialty Programs

    NOW offers specialty services in three areas: trauma therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Adaptation Training (CAT) for serious mental illness. Therapists offering these services are specially trained and maintain continuing education, seek any needed supervision, and keep up with relevant research findings in those areas. They are particularly qualified to work with clients who seek treatment in these areas. Just as you would visit a cardiologist for a heart problem, we recommend working with a trauma specialist if you are dealing with trauma.

    Trauma Therapy

    NOW clinicians treat clients dealing with trauma using evidence-based, trauma-specific treatments, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE).

    Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a structured treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This 12- to 18-week individual therapy has been shown to reduce PTSD symptoms in over 70% of patients. CPT is provided by specially trained clinicians. The American Psychological Association Strongly Recommends CPT as a treatment for PTSD. For more information, please contact the CPT coordinator at xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email}.

    Prolonged Exposure (PE) is a specific type of individual cognitive behavioral therapy that teaches client with PTSD to gradually approach trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations. Treatment typically lasts 8 to 15 weeks. The American Psychological Association Strongly Recommends PE as a treatment for PTSD. For more information, please contact the PE coordinator at xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email}.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    DBT is a treatment for people who experience strong swings of emotion, often including anger, and who may have difficulty in relationships. These people may engage in problem behaviors such as suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury (e.g., cutting, burning) and have difficulties with depression, anxiety, substance use, or eating disorders. These difficulties often relate to difficult early family experiences. The UT Health DBT Program treats only adults and primarily consists of Group Skills Training classes. For more information, please contact the DBT coordinator by emailing dbt@uthscsa.edu.

    Cognitive Adaptation Training for serious mental illness (CAT)

    CAT is an evidence-based psychosocial treatment designed to improve clients’ lives by helping them find ways around cognitive and motivational problems associated with serious mental illness. CAT interventions include environmental supports such as signs, checklists, alarms, pill containers, and organization of belongings to prompt clients to carry out helpful behaviors at home. The interventions are customized for each client based on a standardized assessment of their needs and challenges. For more information, please call the CAT coordinator at xxx-xxx-xxxx.

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Contact TCC

We are not able to schedule appointments for new patients contacting the clinic directly. All patients must be referred by a partner hospital.

For more information about the TCC, please contact {Katie? Megan? TCC@uthscsa.edu?}

Current patients may contact the TCC by calling 210-450-6450.

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Welcome to the Transitional Care Clinic (TCC)

The TCC is dedicated to improving peoples’ lives by engaging them in mental health services and linking them to long-term services.

Our Services

We follow CDC guidelines for masking. Telehealth is available for individual therapy; all groups are currently online.



The TCC is dedicated to improving peoples’ lives by engaging them in mental health services and linking them to long-term services. Our aim is to promote growth toward personal goals and decrease the need for psychiatric hospitalization. The TCC fosters clinical excellence, person-centered care, and the development of tomorrow’s mental health professionals through interprofessional education.

The TCC is a short-term clinic that helps people transition from psychiatric care at a local hospital to long-term mental health care in the community. The TCC typically works with people for approximately three months. People are discharged from the clinic when they begin psychiatric treatment and/or counseling in a different clinic in the community.

Appointments are required, and services are by referral only. Referrals are accepted from designated staff at San Antonio hospitals via the Monarch secure online referral system.

Evidence-based Practice: Short-term, evidence-based treatments form the foundation of the TCC. We believe in the importance of providing treatment that has been shown to be effective for each client’s specific concerns.

Clinic Culture: Our staff prize the dignity, autonomy, and growth-orientation of clients. We appreciate and respect the various identities that make us unique, including race, age, culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, spirituality, and family structure. We acknowledge that some identities can be devalued by our environments and that these experiences can affect how we feel about ourselves, others, and the world we live in.

Most Major Insurances Accepted

The TCC does not require insurance. The clinic does accept most major insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid. We also accept CareLink.

NOW Tcc Location

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The Transitional Care Clinic (TCC)

7526 Louis Pasteur Drive, Suite 318

San Antonio, TX 78229

Phone: 210-450-6450

Fax: 210-450-2104

NOW Clinic Location



Bus Lines

95, 602, 603

Parking at University Plaza

Patient parking is metered and located on the left side of the building. Please bring quarters or a credit/debit card for the meter, located by the entrance.

NOW Tcc Policies

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Who We Serve

Referrals are accepted only from participating hospitals and only via the Monarch secure online referral system. Patients must

  • be at least 18 years old
  • have been discharged from a partner hospital within the past 30 days
  • be medically stable/cleared for outpatient treatment
  • have an evaluation by a medical or mental health provider that documents the need for outpatient mental health treatment
  • have transportation to and from appointments
  • agree to participate in outpatient health services
  • be stable enough to wait to be seen by a mental health prescriber for at least 4 days after the date of the scheduled TCC intake appointment
  • be stable enough to participate in a low intensity, outpatient clinical setting
    • require <1 appointment/week with a prescriber
    • need only low-intensity case management services

Referring providers are responsible for prescribing enough medication to ensure patients can wait at least 3 weeks for their first appointment with a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner.

Patients who already have mental health care in the community are not appropriate for referral to the TCC. The TCC treats patients who have no immediate access to an outpatient mental health provider.

The TCC does not require insurance. The clinic does accept most major insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid. We also accept CareLink.

Prescribers at the TCC typically do not treat clients whose primary psychiatric medication is a psychostimulant or benzodiazepine. TCC prescribers do not generally prescribe these classes of medications.

What diagnoses are accepted?

The TCC treats patients with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, unspecified psychosis, and other non-substance related diagnosis. Patients may have co-occurring substance-use diagnoses only if there is no acute need for detox/withdrawal symptoms.

Patients with a primary substance abuse diagnosis are better served by referral to a substance abuse clinic. For the patients’ benefit, we encourage discharge planners to contact the Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) COPS-D program at 210-261-1000 or Mid-Coast Family Services at 210-271-9452 for more information on the choices for substance abuse treatment.

Access—Initial Appointment

New clients attend Access Group, the TCC’s intake procedure. Access takes place every weekday, at 1 PM on Mondays and at 8:45 AM Tuesdays–Fridays. During Access, patients meet with a member of the TCC’s psychosocial staff for assessment. Clients will be scheduled with a psychiatrist within 1 to 3 weeks from the date of their TCC intake appointment. We cannot guarantee availability of appointments if referring providers do not prescribe sufficient medication.

TCC Clinic Policies (Appointment cancelation, no shows, etc). {link to PDF—TK}

UT Health Notice of Privacy Practices{link to UT Health PDF}

NOW Tcc Services

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Model of Care

The Transitional Care Clinic works on a foundation of evidence-based treatment. We believe in the importance of providing treatment that has been shown to be effective for each client’s specific concerns.

Clients who require long-term, intensive services are linked by our care coordination team to a professional provider within the community who can provide that care.

At the TCC, our goal is to support client and connect them to services that facilitate their recovery. We work to help clients stay out of the hospital by providing the following services:

  • Services Offered
    • Psychiatry/Medication Management
    • Counseling
      • Individual Counseling. Therapists use a range of evidence-based techniques, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, and behavior therapy.
      • Couples & Family Therapy. These services are designed to help enhance relationship quality and satisfaction, improve family dynamics, and provide a space to share experiences or concerns with partners or family members.
      • Group Therapy*. The TCC and its affiliated UT Health San Antonio clinics offer a variety of psychotherapy groups. Each group has eligibility requirements for entry. Some are open to all UT Health clients, while others require screening. Current groups include
        • Anxiety & Stress Management, Wednesdays, 1–2 PM. Available to current UT Health patients on a drop-in basis
        • Chronic Pain, Tuesdays, 4:30–5:30 PM. Requires screening. Please contact xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email} to schedule.
        • Coping with Grief, Wednesdays, 4–5 PM. Requires screening. Please contact xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email} to schedule.
        • Stress Management, Thursdays, 4–5 PM. Available to current UT Health patients on a drop-in basis.
      • Case Management. TCC case managers help clients find resources for needs such as health insurance, prescription assistance, basic needs (e.g., food, housing), transportation, disability services, legal services, and community support.
      • Peer Support. A peer is a person with lived experience of recovery from mental illness or addiction. The TCC has state-certified peer specialists and interns available onsite. Peers support long-term recovering by combining their experiences with skills learned in formal training.
      • Crisis Support. The TCC provides crisis support to clients through the Living Room, an area available without appointment to TCC and NOW clients. The Living Room is open Monday–Friday, 8 AM–4 PM. There, a counselor provides help to clients experiencing a mental health crisis, such as a panic attack, a significant increase in stress, worsening mental health symptoms, or the urge to do something that could have negative consequences, such as hurting oneself. The goal is to help clients use skills and resources to cope with a crisis and help them avoid hospitalization.
      • Relapse Prevention Workshops. One-time workshops are available by appointment to help clients dealing with substance use problems develop a long-term recovery plan. These sessions help clients use problem-solving skills to prevent relapse and maximize harm-reduction skills if relapse does occur.


      • *All group therapy services are currently provided online due to COVID-19 precautions. If you are interested in one of our groups, please contact {link to contact page} the clinic and ask for more information.

  • Specialty Programs

    The TCC offers its clients specialty services in three areas: trauma therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Adaptation Training (CAT) for serious mental illness. Therapists offering these services are specially trained and maintain continuing education, seek any needed supervision, and keep up with relevant research findings in those areas.

    Trauma Therapy

    TCC clinicians treat clients dealing with trauma using evidence-based, trauma-specific treatments, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE).

    Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a structured treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This 12- to 18-week individual therapy has been shown to reduce PTSD symptoms in over 70% of patients. CPT is provided by specially trained clinicians. The American Psychological Association Strongly Recommends CPT as a treatment for PTSD. For more information, please contact the CPT coordinator at xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email}.

    Prolonged Exposure (PE) is a specific type of individual cognitive behavioral therapy that teaches client with PTSD to gradually approach trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations. Treatment typically lasts 8 to 15 weeks. The American Psychological Association Strongly Recommends PE as a treatment for PTSD. For more information, please contact the PE coordinator at xxx-xxx-xxxx or {email}.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    DBT is a treatment for people who experience strong swings of emotion, often including anger, and who may have difficulty in relationships. These people may engage in problem behaviors such as suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury (e.g., cutting, burning) and have difficulties with depression, anxiety, substance use, or eating disorders. These difficulties often relate to difficult early family experiences. The UT Health DBT Program treats only adults and primarily consists of Group Skills Training classes. For more information, please contact the DBT coordinator by emailing dbt@uthscsa.edu.

    Cognitive Adaptation Training for serious mental illness (CAT)

    CAT is an evidence-based psychosocial treatment designed to improve clients’ lives by helping them find ways around cognitive and motivational problems associated with serious mental illness. CAT interventions include environmental supports such as signs, checklists, alarms, pill containers, and organization of belongings to prompt clients to carry out helpful behaviors at home. The interventions are customized for each client based on a standardized assessment of their needs and challenges. For more information, please call the CAT coordinator at xxx-xxx-xxxx.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Dissemination and implementation science can accelerate the delivery of evidence-based practices to the front lines of medicine. Patients may experience a significant delay in receiving beneficial interventions due to the prolonged time frame needed for research to impact practice. This is especially true in rural and medically underserved areas, which results in notable health disparities. By studying creative, flexible dissemination efforts and real-world adaptations to implementation barriers, implementation science can improve the reach, timeliness, and generalizability of best practices.1 Rigorous dissemination and implementation science informs the scalability of evidence-based practice to reach underserved populations in order to address significant health disparities.2 At present, a critical health disparity is antibiotic misuse in infants born in rural and medically underserved areas, which leads to adverse health consequences.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Antibiotic exposure in neonates is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Infants who receive antibiotics, particularly within the first few weeks of life, are at increased risk for a variety of adverse outcomes. These adverse effects are mediated by disruption of the normal infant microbiome following antibiotic administration (Figure 1).3-5 Following a course of antibiotics, the microbiologic diversity of the gut and lung microbiome is reduced and pathogenic organisms such as Escherichia coli become the predominant organisms.6, 7 This loss of diversity and “pathogen surge” leads to increases in inflammation and risk for infection in the short term and increased energy harvest and weight gain in the long term.8 As a result, antibiotic exposure in newborns has been associated with increased risk for infection from antibiotic-resistant organisms, asthma, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in later childhood.4, 9-12 Similarly, the alteration of the normal gut and lung microbiome has implications for immune development. Normal gut and lung flora have an innate anti-inflammatory effect; loss of this inflammatory suppression leads to increased airway reactivity (e.g., increased risk for asthma or infection-associated wheezing) and decreased immune tolerance (e.g., increased risk for eczema, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, and other atopic or autoimmune conditions).13-16 These adverse outcomes can be seen after even a single dose of antibiotics.17

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Telehealth has been used successfully for other aspects of newborn care. Telehealth strategies to overcome geographic disparities or workforce issues have been successful for other neonatal diseases. For example, telemedicine evaluation of infants with cleft lip and palate who are born in rural nurseries is relatively cost-effective and prevents unnecessary interhospital transfers.30 Similarly, telehealth can be used to screen infants for retinopathy of prematurity or congenital heart disease, support newborn resuscitation efforts, and provide perinatal care.31-35 However, telehealth has not been used to address the critical disparities in antimicrobial use among infants born in rural or medically underserved nurseries.

Distance-based antibiotic stewardship programs can be effective for low-resource settings and address the two major barriers to ASP implementation in these settings. Numerous studies have demonstrated that telestewardship can improve the quality of care delivery for adult and pediatric patients admitted to hospitals that do not have in-house ASP support.36-38 Stenehjem and colleagues39 demonstrated the effectiveness of a combined on-site and telehealth-supported stewardship program for rural hospitals in Utah. In 2017, the Infectious Diseases Society of America published a policy statement supporting the use of distance-based strategies for ASP support.40 Telehealth may be particularly beneficial in Texas, which has on average 30% fewer primary care physicians per capita than the national average.41 Of 254 Texas counties, 211 (83%) are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as medically underserved (Figure 2) and 33 counties (13%) have no primary care physicians at all.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Staff

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J.B. Cantey

Position Title

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adorable pup

Jennifer Duchon

Position Title

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adorable pup

Kathleen Stevens

Position Title

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adorable pup

Lisa Kilpela

Position Title

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adorable pup

Joel Tsevat

Position Title

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adorable pup

Caitlyn Winter

Position Title

Pommy ipsum Kate and Will pork dripping good old fashioned knees up is she 'avin a laugh completely starkers, it's the dogs bollocks complete mare full English breakast cottage pie. Sausage roll round our gaff a bottle of plonk odds and sods a bit miffed proper scatterbrained Dalek see a man about a dog, how's your father bit of alright ey up off t'pub tallywhacker bog roll bottled it, porky-pies clock round the earhole down the local bargain Betty Weeping Angels cheerio how's your father. Supper bit of alright what a mug half-inch it, bovver boots conked him one on the nose. Nigh Big Ben snotty nosed brat curry sauce flip flops on his bill, I'm off to Bedfordshire absolute jolly hockey sticks naff.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Research

Research

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Clinical Resources

Clinical Resources

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Enhancing the university's training environment.

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is an institutional resource to address the needs and enhance the training environment for postdoctoral research fellows and mentors.

This office serves the postdoctoral research fellows who are essential members of the multidisciplinary investigative teams at the UT Health San Antonio. There is no question that the research knowledge and skills of newly-minted scientists contribute to the overall success of our research programs. However, the training of early career investigators must also ensure that they:

  • Obtain critical career skills
  • Build an individual record of accomplishment
  • Define and establish networks

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs supports trainee professional career development to maintain the vitality of our postdoctoral research training environment.

OPA operates as a unit within the Office of the Vice President for Research. OPA offices are located on the main campus. We provide resources to trainees and mentors from throughout UT Health San Antonio. Please explore the OPA and let us know of your needs.

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Why Us?

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2022 Postdoctoral Research Mentor of the Year

Ratna Vadlamudi, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Research
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Reproductive Research

2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Year

Francisca M. Acosta, PhD

Department of Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Mentor: Jean Jiang, PhD

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Prospective Postdocs

Prospective Postdocs

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Why Us?

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UT Health San Antonio


What We Offer

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How to Find a Position

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Dr. Babatunde Oyajobi

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Open Postdoc Positions

Open Postdoctoral Positions

  • Training Grant Positions

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Addiction/Abuse/Behavior

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Aging/Longevity

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Behavioral Health/Clinical Psychology

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Biochemistry/Biophysics/Structural Biology

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Biomedical Engineering

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Cancer

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Cardiovascular Science

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Diabetes/Obesity/Metabolism

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Epidemiology/Bioinformatics/Biostatistics

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Immunology/Infectious Disease

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Molecular/Cellular/Developmental Biology

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Neuroscience

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • OMICS

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

  • Pharmacotherapy/Drug Development

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

    Psychiatric Disorders & Addiction Postdoctoral Fellowship

    The Daws Laboratory in the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology at UT Health San Antonio is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct innovative NIDA- and NIMH-funded research on the role of monoamine transporters in substance use disorders, and the circuitry of emotional behavior. Current research is focused on: Investigating organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3) as a novel target for the treatment of psychostimulant disorders. Understanding the role of OCT3 and the serotonin transporter (SERT) in circuits driving fear-conditioned...

    Date Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - Job Number: 244

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Example Postdoc Position

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in OMICS/Cancer

Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute

Posted Date: Thursday, August 4, 2022

Position Description

The Vaseva and Zheng labs at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead an NCI-funded project. The project will combine omics (RNAseq, DNAseq, proteomics) and experimental approaches to define markers of response and mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies in pediatric sarcomas. Ideal candidate will be independent, motivated and hard-working. He/she is expected to work closely with the PIs and demonstrate excellent communication and intrapersonal skills.

Position Requirements

Qualifications include significant training in bioinformatics, computational biology, or a related discipline; Cancer biology training and experience or willingness to learn and apply wet bench approaches will be preferred.

Responsibilities include data analysis, algorithm design, reports, and manuscript preparation. The PIs are committed to trainees’ career development and will provide opportunities for the successful candidate to compete for fellowships, high-profile publications, and academic awards.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should email their cover letter describing past research experience/skills and future research interests/plans, curriculum vitae, and the contact information of three references to Dr. Angelina Vaseva (vaseva@uthscsa.edu).


All postdoctoral appointments are designated as security sensitive positions. UT Health San Antonio is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected veterans and persons with disabilities.

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Current Postdocs

Current Postdocs

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UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Postdoc Profiles

Postdoc Profiles

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Example Postdoc Profile

Nawab John Dar

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Dar received his BS from University of Kashmir, Srinagar and MS from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi India. Soon after his MS, he qualified the University Grants Commission common entrance examination (UGC NET/JRF) and received a fellowship for five years to pursue his doctoral studies. Dr. Dar joined Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu where his main focus of research was to elucidate the neuroprotective potential of small molecules against glutamate/NMDA induced excitotoxicity using different in vitro and in vivo model systems. Soon after his Ph.D., he joined University of Manitoba, Canada as Postdoctoral Fellow where his main focus was to decipher the role of secreted amyloid precursor protein alpha (sAPPα) in neurogenesis and investigate if sAPPα induced neurogenesis could help in ameliorating the cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Dar joined UT Health in 2019 and started working on the role of GPx4 in Alzheimer’s disease with major focus to determine the effect of membrane lipid peroxidation induced by Gpx4 deficiency during Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2018 - Ph.D. - Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, New Delhi
    • 2010 - M.S. - Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
    • 2008 - B.S. - University of Kashmir, Srinagar

    Honors

    • 2018 - Awarded National Post-doctoral Fellowship from Department of Science & Technology, India
    • 2017 - Best presentation award at World Neurocongress, India
    • 2010 - 1st rank holder in masters
    • 2010 - Qualified All India level University Grants Commission, National Eligibility Test (NET) examination both for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturership

    Professional Memberships

    • 2012-till now - Life-member & Local secretary (JK chapter) of Forensic Science Development Society, Lucknow (India).
    • 2014-till now - Associate Member of Indian Academy of Neurosciences
    • 2013-2018 - Student member of International Society for Neurochemistry
    • 2018 - Student member of Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry
    • 2019 - Student member of American Academy of Neurology
  • Research

    Dr. Dar’s research is currently focused on elucidating the role of Gpx4, membrane lipid peroxidation and subsequent ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s disease. Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent oxidative form of cell death where a high level of phospholipid hydroperoxides produced in membranes causes cell injury and ultimate cell demise. Gpx4 is the master regulator of ferroptosis due to its ability to directly reduce membrane phospholipid hydroperoxides. Reports have revealed increased levels of lipid peroxidation in Alzheimer brains; however, the underlying mechanism of lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s disease remains unclear. Dr. Dar, under the supervision of Dr. Qitao Ran, is trying to decipher the basic biology and regulation of Gpx4 under physiological and ferroptotic conditions and determine the importance of ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s disease. A variety of in vitro and in vivo techniques are being used in Dr. Dar’s investigation.

  • Publications

    Nawab John Dar and Gordon W. Glazner. "Deciphering the neuroprotective and neurogenic potential of soluble amyloid precursor protein alpha (sAPPα)." Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (2020): 1-16.

    Nawab John Dar, Naresh Kumar Satti, Prabhu Dutt, Abid Hamid and Muzamil Ahmad. Attenuation of glutamate-induced excitotoxicity by Withanolide-A in Neuron-like cells: role for PI3K/Akt/MAPK signalling pathway. Molecular Neurobiology. DOI: 10.1007/s12035- 017-0515-5.

    Nawab John Dar, Javeed Ahmad Bhat, Naresh Kumar Satti, Pradhuman Raj Sharma, Abid Hamid and Muzamil Ahmad. Withanone, an active constituent from Withania somnifera, affords protection against NMDA-induced excitotoxicity in neuron-like cells. Molecular Neurobiology. DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-0044-7.

    Nawab John Dar, Abid Hamid, Muzamil Ahmad. Pharmacological overview of Withania somnifera, Cell Mol Life Sci. 2015 Aug 26. PMID: 26306935.

    Nawab John Dar#, Ali Lone#, Abid Hamid, Wajaht Shah, Muzamil Ahmad, Bilal Bhat. Promise of retinoic acid-triazolyl derivatives in promoting differentiation of neuroblastoma cells. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00267 #equal contribution.

    Ayatullah Shah, Nawab John Dar, Qazi Parvaiz Hassan and Muzamil Ahmad. Endophytes and Neurodegenerative diseases: A hope in desperation. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2016 Sep 19. PMID: 27658517

    Muzamil Ahmad, Nawab John Dar, Zubair Shanib Bhat, Aehtesham Hussain, Ayatullah Shah , Hao Liu and Steven H Graham” Inflammation in Ischemic Stroke: Mechanisms, Consequences and Possible Drug Targets, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, 2014, 13, 1378-1396.

    Mohammad Iqbal Lone, Arisa Nabi, Nawab John Dar, Aashiq Hussain, Nazia Nazam, Abid Hamid, Waseem Ahmad. Toxicogenetic evaluation of dichlorophene in peripheral blood and in the cells of the immune system using molecular and flow cytometric approaches. Chemosphere, Volume 167, January 2017, Pages 520-529.

    Najar, Rauf Ahmad, Nissar Ahmad Wani, Javeed Ahmad Bhat,Nawab John Dar, Beenish Rahat, Ajai Prakash Gupta, Jaspreet Kaur, Jyotdeep Kaur, and Abid Hamid. "Modulation of dietary folate with age confers selective hepatocellular epigenetic imprints through DNA methylation." The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry (2017).

    Book Chapters

    Muzamil Ahmad and Nawab John Dar. Withania somnifera: Ethnobotany, Pharmacology and Therapeutic Function. Sustained Energy for Enhanced Human Functions and Activity, 137-154, 2018 eBook ISBN: 9780128093320, Hardcover ISBN: 9780128054130

    Nawab John Dar and Rajesh Singh Yadav. Nutraceuticals: A novelneuroprotective approach against Huntington’s disorder. Food for Huntigton's Disease, Nova Science Publishers, USA. ISBN:978-1-53613-855-9 (eBook)

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UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Career Development Example - F-Troop

F-Troop

Career Development

F-Troop is a hands-on writing workshop that targets pre- and postdoctoral trainees who are preparing an application for a fellowship award (e.g., F30, F31, or F32). Equivalent fellowship applications to other funding agencies are also encompassed by this program.

The virtual meetings are held weekly, on Wednesdays, at 5:00 pm. Meetings are typically 1-2 hours.

2022 Fall Series

Wednesdays
Starting September 14th - November 30th
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual

Register Now

You MUST register, at the latest, 24 hours in advance for F-Troop. You will receive confirmation of registration and a calendar invite with details to enable access to the session.

Seminar Format

F-Troop is conducted in a small group, informal format. F-Troop sessions include discussions of the NIH peer-review process, including communications with NIH officials and selection of study section, as well as UT Health San Antonio associated requirements (eCOP and Cayuse). Most importantly, major effort is devoted to case-by-case presentations and evaluation/discussion of F grant components prepared by individual trainees. This interactive group effort provides friendly, but frank, feedback toward the goal of submitting a competitive F application.

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Career Development Example - Spotlight on RI

Spotlight on Research Integrity

Career Development

Spotlight on Research Integrity (SRI) is a monthly workshop designed to promote meaningful discussion of controversial issues in contemporary biomedical research. This is held on the 4th Tuesday of each month except December due to the winter holidays.

These workshops, unless otherwise stated, will be recorded.

Featured Event

Another Inconvenient Truth: The Research Climate Crisis

Bruce H. Mandt, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Graduate School
Director, Postdoctoral Office
Director, Career Development Office
University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado

Tuesday, August 23, 2022
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: Virtual

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UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

UP

UP

UT Health San Antonio Postdoc Association

UT Health San Antonio Postdoctoral Association (UP) is a volunteer organization dedicated to addressing the needs and concerns of all UT Health San Antonio postdocs. Our vision is to foster success among postdoctoral scholars today that will enhance their professional endeavors tomorrow. Our mission is to enhance, support and promote postdoctoral training at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and help to prepare postdoctoral scholars for successful careers. UP serves postdoctoral scholars in all disciplines, schools, and colleges across the University. Our hope is to foster a sense of community, provide resources for career and personal development, and provide a framework for representation on campus and in the local community for postdoctoral scholars from all departments of the University.

We are here...

  • To build effective career management skills and develop the professional skills postdoctoral scholars need both in and outside of lab.
  • To organize events and seminars that enriches the scientific experience of postdocs and encourages social interaction with the community.
  • To collaborate with other university organizations and services to address concerns that are unique to the postdoctoral scholar population.
  • To advocate for postdoctoral scholars at UT Health San Antonio and educate them regarding university policy and postdoctoral rights.

Contact UP via email at UP@uthscsa.edu.

2021-2022 UP Officers

UP Communication Officer

Dr. Francisca Acosta was born in El Salvador, but raised primarily in Houston, Texas. She is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and NCI T32 Scholar. Currently, she is studying the role of Osteocytic Connexin43 hemichannels in metabolic function and breast cancer progression.

As UP’s Communication Officer, her goal is to distribute information to the UT Health SA Postdoc population and engage more Postdocs in the community. Dr. Acosta can be contacted at acostafm@uthscsa.edu.

Dr. Acosta is fluent in Spanish.

UP Finance Officer

Dr. Sevan Alwan was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. As an IRACDA-SABER Postdoctoral Fellow at UT Health SA, she is working on developing novel drugs to treat schistosomiasis; a neglected tropical disease that affects over 250 million people in 78 countries.

As UP’s Finance Officer, her current role is organizing financial documents and maintaining the association records in coordination with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. She also works with the other UP Officers to create opportunities for Postdocs to network and socialize. Dr. Alwan can be contacted at alwan@uthscsa.edu.

Dr. Alwan is fluent in Arabic.

UP Networking Officer

Dr. Manpreet K. Semwal was born and raised in Mumbai (Bombay), India. As an associate SABER*IRACDA scholar at UT Health SA, she is working on understanding the mechanisms to improve age-associated metabolic diseases including obesity and diabetes in human subjects.As UP’s Networking Officer, her goals are to interact with various entities, to organize workshops, scholarly activities, and career discovery opportunities, both inside and outside of UT Health SA to facilitate and promote development of professional networks. Dr. Semwal can be contacted at semwal@uthscsa.edu.

Dr. Semwal is fluent in Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, & Urdu.

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Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
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Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
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Admin Resources

Admin Resources

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900
Map and directions

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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UT Health Police Department

North Campus Construction and Parking News

Faculty, staff, and students who park in the lots for the Center for Oral Health Care and Research (COHCR), the Medical Arts and Research Center (MARC) and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies will be relocated due to construction.

Parking Updates

We Make Lives Better

Welcome to the UT Health San Antonio Police Department, serving our students, faculty, staff, and visitors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our police department takes pride in providing exceptional policing to our university community, our Laredo campus, and to the entire South Texas Medical Center.

We support the mission of the university by maintaining a safe and crime-free environment through innovative, proactive, and professional law enforcement initiatives.

Our police department is nationally accredited by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) and the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). All of our police officers are certified peace officers by the State of Texas and respond to emergency and non-emergency calls for service, enforce Texas State laws, UT policies, conduct criminal investigations, and professionally carry out other law enforcement related activities.

I encourage you to share your ideas and suggestions with me on how we can best serve our community by contacting me directly by phone at 210-450-8727 or via email at at parksm@uthscsa.edu.

Michael Parks, Chief of Police
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Available 24/7

Contact UT Police

Emergency

Campus Phone 911

Cell Phone 210-567-8911

Non-emergency

Campus Phone 72800, option 3

Cell Phone 210-567-2800, option 3

Department Phone Numbers

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Parking/Permits

The parking service office provides UT Health San Antonio students, faculty, staff and visitors with parking permits and/or solutions to various parking problems. It also assists with parking needs for special events held on campus.

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Parking Services Office

The parking services office is under the general supervision of Mark Jesse, director of parking and transportation. Our staff of dedicated employees handles various tasks including permit sales, manning of visitor parking zone booths, parking control, issuance of parking citations and coordination of special event parking activities.

The parking services office also issues parking citations. Citations can be paid online at our Parking Office Gateway or in person at the parking services office.

All individuals who receive a parking citation have the right to appeal online within 10 business days. Once this time period has passed, the right to appeal is forfeited

Lost & Found

The lost and found is located in the Parking Office.

Any lost or stolen university ID should be reported as lost as soon as possible. This can be done from anywhere at https://cbord.uthscsa.edu using your UT Health Login.Parking permits or issued keys should also be reported as soon as possible using the Lost Parking Permit or Lost Key Form. We will attempt to notify the owner if they are turned in. Lost ID’s are held 10 calendar days. Lost parking permits and keys are held for 60 days.

All other items of pertinent value are held for 60 days before turning over to Materials Management. Items of pertinent value include Prescription Glasses, Driver’s License, Wallets, Cash, Credit Cards, Keys, Cell Phones, Jewelry (no costume), Textbooks, Computers and chargers, State Property, etc. No clothing items or water bottles. Items of minimum value can be placed in the bin outside of the library on Long Campus or the entrance of the Research Administration Building on Greehey Campus.

Special Events

The special events coordinator is responsible for managing event parking, event transportation and security requirements for events.

When planning an event that requires guests to park on campus all departments should submit a special events police support request 10 business days prior to the event. This should be submitted via My Service Center. If the request requires event security, transportation or parking arrangements, an account number may be required for reimbursement event staffing.

An alcohol permit must be on file with the university police department prior to any event where alcohol is being served. An officer will be assigned for security at an extra charge to the department for every 150 guests estimated to be in attendance.

Please submit your special events police support request as soon as possible to ensure that your event and your guests' visit to the campus is organized and enjoyable.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does parking cost at a special event?
Parking is $6 per vehicle between the hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; and $10 for every 25 vehicles after hours, weekends or holidays.

Do I have to pay for parking after hours?
Parking is $10 for every 25 vehicles parked.

Where can my guests' park?
Guests can park in any Visitor parking lot during weekdays between the hours of 7 a.m to 6 p.m., or in any unreserved space at any other time. If they are from other UT San Antonio campuses with a current permit, they may park in the area designated on their permit.

Do I have to pay for parking?
Yes, if you do not have a current UT Health San Antonio parking permit, you must pay for parking.

What do my guests do with their parking ticket (not citations)?
A department hosting an event may validate/stamp parking tickets if they have a validation stamp, or they may pay through the Inter Departmental Transfer (IDT) process. All tickets should be turned into the security officer upon exit, informing him/her of the event attended.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Parking/Permits

The parking service office provides UT Health San Antonio students, faculty, staff and visitors with parking permits and/or solutions to various parking problems. It also assists with parking needs for special events held on campus.

Schedule an appointment

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Parking Services Office

The parking services office is under the general supervision of Mark Jesse, director of parking and transportation. Our staff of dedicated employees handles various tasks including permit sales, manning of visitor parking zone booths, parking control, issuance of parking citations and coordination of special event parking activities.

The parking services office also issues parking citations. Citations can be paid online at our Parking Office Gateway or in person at the parking services office.

All individuals who receive a parking citation have the right to appeal online within 10 business days. Once this time period has passed, the right to appeal is forfeited

Lost & Found

The lost and found is located in the Parking Office.

Any lost or stolen university ID should be reported as lost as soon as possible. This can be done from anywhere at https://cbord.uthscsa.edu using your UT Health Login.Parking permits or issued keys should also be reported as soon as possible using the Lost Parking Permit or Lost Key Form. We will attempt to notify the owner if they are turned in. Lost ID’s are held 10 calendar days. Lost parking permits and keys are held for 60 days.

All other items of pertinent value are held for 60 days before turning over to Materials Management. Items of pertinent value include Prescription Glasses, Driver’s License, Wallets, Cash, Credit Cards, Keys, Cell Phones, Jewelry (no costume), Textbooks, Computers and chargers, State Property, etc. No clothing items or water bottles. Items of minimum value can be placed in the bin outside of the library on Long Campus or the entrance of the Research Administration Building on Greehey Campus.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Safety Course 1 September 3, 2022 2:00pm to 3:00pm Online - Zoom (Register) Everyone
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Safety Course 3 September 26, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm Briscoe Library - Main Campus Employees/Students/Faculty

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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UT Health Police Department

North Campus Construction and Parking News

Faculty, staff, and students who park in the lots for the Center for Oral Health Care and Research (COHCR), the Medical Arts and Research Center (MARC) and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies will be relocated due to construction.

Parking Updates

We Make Lives Better

Welcome to the UT Health San Antonio Police Department, serving our students, faculty, staff, and visitors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our police department takes pride in providing exceptional policing to our university community, our Laredo campus, and to the entire South Texas Medical Center.

We support the mission of the university by maintaining a safe and crime-free environment through innovative, proactive, and professional law enforcement initiatives.

Our police department is nationally accredited by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) and the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). All of our police officers are certified peace officers by the State of Texas and respond to emergency and non-emergency calls for service, enforce Texas State laws, UT policies, conduct criminal investigations, and professionally carry out other law enforcement related activities.

I encourage you to share your ideas and suggestions with me on how we can best serve our community by contacting me directly by phone at 210-450-8727 or via email at at parksm@uthscsa.edu.

Michael Parks, Chief of Police

Available 24/7

Contact UT Police

Emergency

Campus Phone 911

Cell Phone 210-567-8911

Non-emergency

Campus Phone 72800, option 3

Cell Phone 210-567-2800, option 3

Department Phone Numbers

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Patrol Division

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The patrol division provides security and safety for the protection of faculty, staff, students and visitors in the workplace, while conducting research and pursuing studies on campus.

Police Officers

When people think of a police department and its police officers, they are envisioning patrol operations. These patrol operations include officers in squad cars patrolling their districts, communicating on mobile radios and responding to calls for service. However, there is a difference between that vision and our department. In addition to the traditional model of cruising in a patrol car until the next radio call comes in, our officers are also community police, liaison officers and field training officers. They are visiting off-campus locations, assisting with special events, helping visitors to our campus and participating in charitable organizations like Gifts for Children and the Special Olympics. Even though they are participating in all of these duties and activities, they get the call when you dial 9-1-1 or our non-emergency number, 210-567-2800.

The responsibilities of patrol officers are diverse. They include preventive and directed patrol, conducting initial preliminary investigations, offender apprehension and victim assistance. In addition, they conduct crime scene control & investigation, drafting of reports, make court appearances, provide support for special events, and when assigned, case follow-up investigations. Patrol officers also conduct daily foot patrols on the interior and exterior areas of the campus. This activity provides closer contact with the public and assists in the deterrence of criminal activity. The patrol officer is the first responding presence to any situation and it is the patrol officer that forms the public’s image of our police department. We are very proud of our patrol officers and all that they do every day and night to make our community a safe place to teach, learn, research and visit.

Public Safety Officers

The public safety unit of UT Police is staffed with trained public safety professionals whose primary objective is to provide a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors to our campuses.

Public safety officers are the front-line ambassadors for UT Health San Antonio. As one of the most visible units of the police department, their public relations skills extend from greeting each person driving onto our campuses, working special events, and providing directions and information to students, faculty, staff and visitors.

These officers are trained in First Aid and CPR and are equipped with two-way radios. They work closely with police personnel patrolling campus buildings and parking lots, staff entry control stations at campus roadway entrances, issue parking citations and generally handle non-police related issues.

In addition, they can provide students, faculty and staff with an escort to anywhere on campus through the Safe Walk program and motorist assistance for vehicle lock-outs, dead batteries, flat tires and vehicles that have run out of fuel.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Criminal Investigation

Criminal Investigation

The Criminal Investigation Division is the investigative branch of the police department, performing all criminal investigations and working closely with the surrounding municipal, county, state, and federal police agencies and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office. The criminal investigations division is led by Sergeant Arnold Cano.

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Mission

The mission of the Criminal Investigation Division is to provide the highest quality criminal investigative support to the police department by conducting timely and thorough criminal investigations using advanced investigative techniques and forensic equipment. As professional fact finders, CID detectives will conduct systematic and methodical investigations to determine what findings the evidence supports and will not form conclusions in advance. CID detectives recognize their responsibilities to the community they serve and are committed to investigating all criminal allegations in an ethical and impartial manner with sensitivity toward the needs of victims and witnesses. The Criminal Investigation Division is dedicated to providing superior investigative services to the police department to preserve the quality of life that our citizens and visitors enjoy.

For more information, contact Sergeant Arnold Cano, 210-567-6821

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Careers

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Careers

We seek candidates from all backgrounds who have a strong desire to make a difference while serving the university community. We offer excellent training, competitive pay, great benefits and advancement opportunities.

Open Positions

Qualifications

Applicants must possess the following qualifications:

  • Must have reached their 21st birthday on the date of commissioning
  • Must be able to pass a physical agility test
  • Must have a high school diploma or have passed a General Education Development test
  • Must be able to meet hearing and visual requirements
  • Must pass a thorough background investigation and interview panel
  • Must meet the minimum standards for appointment as required by the Texas Occupations Code, The Texas Administrative Code, and the Rules of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

Hiring process

The hiring process for UT Police consists of several phases, including, but not limited to, the following steps:

  • Online application
  • Screening by UT Police committee to ensure minimum standards are met
  • Physical agility test
  • Oral interview board
  • Background investigation
  • Interview with chief of police
  • Medical evaluation
  • Psychiatric evaluation
  • Polygraph examination

Lateral hires

UT Police accepts applications for individuals who have successfully completed a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) approved Basic Peace Office Course and successfully passed the TCOLE licensing program.

Salary information

Salaries for police officers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio vary by job description and certification level. Individuals hired by the department have the opportunity to work toward higher classification and salary levels during the course of their employment.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Services

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Services

UT Police provides services to faculty, staff, face-to-face students, distance learners and visitors for added safety, as well as assistance with special event parking.

Parking Citations

Pay your citation online using our convenient Parking Office Gateway. For individuals with UT Health San Antonio credentials, please have your citation number available. For individuals without UT Health San Antonio credentials, please have your license plate and citation information available.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Clery

Clery Act - The Right to Know

The federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), 20 USC § 1092(f)​, requires colleges and universities, both public and private, participating in federal student aid programs to disclose campus safety information, and imposes certain basic requirements for handling incidents of sexual violence and emergency situations. Disclosures about crime statistics and summaries of security policies are made once a year in an Annual Security Report (ASR), and information about specific crimes and emergencies is made publicly available on an ongoing basis throughout the year.

The Clery Act is named in memory of Jeanne Clery who was raped and murdered in her residence hall room by a fellow student she did not know on April 5, 1986. Her parents championed laws requiring the disclosure of campus crime information, and the federal law that now bears their daughter's name was first enacted in 1990. It has been amended regularly over the last two decades to keep up with changes in campus safety with the most recent update in 2013 to expand the law's requirements concerning the handling of sexual violence.

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is responsible for enforcing the Clery Act. ED's Clery Act Compliance Division is responsible for conducting investigations and issuing findings of violation. Institutions that violate the Clery Act may face warnings, up to $53,907 per violation fines, the limitation or suspension of federal aid, or the loss of eligibility to participate in federal student aid programs. Complaints may be filed with clery@ed.gov.

Institutions must annually, no later than October 1st, automatically disseminate an Annual Security Report (ASR) to all current students and employees, as well as make it available to all prospective students and employees upon request. Most institutions comply with this requirement by providing a notice, either by postal or e-mail, of where the ASR may be accessed on the institution's website. The ASR must include three years’ worth of crime statistics and summaries of certain security policies and procedures.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Training Schedule

Training Schedule

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July 6, 2022 (12pm CT) - 1HR

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Teams Meeting
July 13, 2022 (3pm CT) - 1HR

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Briscoe Library, UT Health San Antonio Campus
July 20, 2022 (11am CT) - 1HR

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Keys & Access

UT Police manages security plans, access systems, keys, ID badges, card access and control on UT Health San Antonio campuses.

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ID Badges and Card Access

ID Badges and Card Access

ID Badges

UT Police is responsible for all ID badges regardless of location. The access control supervisor is responsible for providingcard access and maintains all records. The parking staff issues IDs and collects fees.

Fees

  • $4 fee for a cosmetic change to ID badge (i.e. Name change because of marriage or picture change)
  • $4 replacement fee for an abused ID badge/access card (UT Police will determine if an ID has been abused)
  • $10 fee for student ID badge/access card
  • $10 replacement fee for a lost or stolen ID badge/access card
  • $10 fee for anyone with the designation of "person of interest" to include:
    • Residents
    • Clinical adjunct faculty
    • Contractors
    • Temporary agents
    • Visiting students
    • UT others
  • No fee for initial ID badge/access card for UT Health San Antonio faculty and staff members

Frequently asked questions

Can I have more than one ID badge/access card?

No. You are only authorized one ID badge/access card regardless of how many positions you hold.

How many credentials may I have on my ID badge/access card?

Per HOP 8.7.10 - Standard acronyms indicating licensure, registration, certification, or doctoral degree required by the employee’s position or pertinent to the work performed (e.g.: CPA, CR, DDS, DVM, LVN, MD, MSW, MT (ASCP), PA, PhD, RN, RPh). Due to space limitations, restrictions may apply.

What do the different color classifications on ID badges mean?

There are seven colors used for ID badges/access cards:

  • Green - Department chairs or directors (VIPs)
  • Blue - University Police
  • Orange - Faculty,staff and stipend
  • Red - Contractors or persons of interest (POI; Conducting business on university property for more than 72 hours. Not faculty, staff or student.)
  • Brown - Students and visiting students
  • Yellow - Clinical faculty, emeritus, researchers and residents

Card access

The university police department is responsible for electronic access through doors on all UT Health San Antonio properties owned or leased.The access control supervisor is responsible for authenticating all access requests, establishing and revoking access and maintaining all electronic access records.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
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Parking/Permits

The parking service office provides UT Health San Antonio students, faculty, staff and visitors with parking permits and/or solutions to various parking problems. It also assists with parking needs for special events held on campus.

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The parking services office is under the general supervision of Mark Jesse, director of parking and transportation. Our staff of dedicated employees handles various tasks including permit sales, manning of visitor parking zone booths, parking control, issuance of parking citations and coordination of special event parking activities.

The parking services office also issues parking citations. Citations can be paid online at our Parking Office Gateway or in person at the parking services office.

All individuals who receive a parking citation have the right to appeal online within 10 business days. Once this time period has passed, the right to appeal is forfeited

General Information

The lost and found is located in the Parking Office.

Any lost or stolen university ID should be reported as lost as soon as possible. This can be done from anywhere at https://cbord.uthscsa.edu using your UT Health Login.Parking permits or issued keys should also be reported as soon as possible using the Lost Parking Permit or Lost Key Form. We will attempt to notify the owner if they are turned in. Lost ID’s are held 10 calendar days. Lost parking permits and keys are held for 60 days.

All other items of pertinent value are held for 60 days before turning over to Materials Management. Items of pertinent value include Prescription Glasses, Driver’s License, Wallets, Cash, Credit Cards, Keys, Cell Phones, Jewelry (no costume), Textbooks, Computers and chargers, State Property, etc. No clothing items or water bottles. Items of minimum value can be placed in the bin outside of the library on Long Campus or the entrance of the Research Administration Building on Greehey Campus.

Special Events

The special events coordinator is responsible for managing event parking, event transportation and security requirements for events.

General Information

When planning an event that requires guests to park on campus all departments should submit a special events police support request 10 business days prior to the event. This should be submitted via My Service Center. If the request requires event security, transportation or parking arrangements, an account number may be required for reimbursement event staffing.

An alcohol permit must be on file with the university police department prior to any event where alcohol is being served. An officer will be assigned for security at an extra charge to the department for every 150 guests estimated to be in attendance.

Please submit your special events police support request as soon as possible to ensure that your event and your guests' visit to the campus is organized and enjoyable.

How much does parking cost at a special event?
Parking is $6 per vehicle between the hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; and $10 for every 25 vehicles after hours, weekends or holidays.

Do I have to pay for parking after hours?
Parking is $10 for every 25 vehicles parked.

Where can my guests' park?
Guests can park in any Visitor parking lot during weekdays between the hours of 7 a.m to 6 p.m., or in any unreserved space at any other time. If they are from other UT San Antonio campuses with a current permit, they may park in the area designated on their permit.

Do I have to pay for parking?
Yes, if you do not have a current UT Health San Antonio parking permit, you must pay for parking.

What do my guests do with their parking ticket (not citations)?
A department hosting an event may validate/stamp parking tickets if they have a validation stamp, or they may pay through the Inter Departmental Transfer (IDT) process. All tickets should be turned into the security officer upon exit, informing him/her of the event attended.

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Citations

Citations Information

The University Police Department is responsible for the handling of all citations and appeals.

Fees & Court Appearances

The parking service office assesses a late fee after the first 10 working days of citation issuance, and then every 30 days thereafter. Individuals with outstanding citations are subject to vehicle impoundment until all fees owed are paid in full.

Once a citation has been issued and placed on a vehicle, the UT Police Department will not remove it.

Parking fees, violation codes and late fee accrual schedules are available on our citation fee list or in the Parking & Traffic Regulation Handbook, housed at the parking service office.

Court appearance citations constitute a summons to appear in Justice of the Peace Court, Precinct 2, and cannot be paid or appealed online or at the parking office.

University citations may also be paid online at our Parking Office Gateway. Please be sure to have your citation number and license plate number available to use this service.

Appeals

Appeals for citations can submitted through our Parking Office Gateway. Hard copies can be picked up and submitted at our parking service office and manned entry control stations on campus. Appeals must be submitted to the parking traffic office within 10 calendar days from the date a citation is issued. Below is a brief list of excuses that may not be used for appeals. Additional excuses not mentioned here may also fall under this category.

  • Parked for only a few minutes
  • Referring to the rules as ridiculous
  • Inclement weather
  • Late for class or a meeting
  • Lot full
  • Jaywalking citations
  • No one told me the permit expired
  • No one told me where or how to park
  • Drive occasionally and should not have to purchase a permit or pay any fine
  • Another student, faculty or staff member advised me to park there
  • All meter violations, including "no sign told me to pay"
  • All violations referring to posted signs and/or designation
  • Other improperly parked vehicles do not constitute an excuse for improper parking

Late Fees

Late fees are assessed by the parking service office 10 business days from citation issuance. Additional fees are assessed every 30 days thereafter. Individuals with outstanding citations are subject to vehicle impoundment until all fees owed are paid in full.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
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Welcome to the Compliance Certification for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) reaffirmation of accreditation for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, now called UT Health San Antonio.

From our earliest days almost 60 years ago, our proud health science center has evolved into serving as San Antonio’s chief catalyst for its $37 billion biosciences and health care industry. As we remain deeply committed to core values that include accountability, diversity, excellence, innovation and integrity, we hold in our sights a vision to be a world-class academic health center that transforms health and health care for a diverse society.

As one of 14 University of Texas System institutions, we graduate more than 200 physicians, 400 nurses, 100 dentists, 300 health professionals in other fields and 100 scientists each year. From notable research findings published in leading journals around the world, to our revolutionary advancements in cardiovascular technology and cancer treatment, our faculty experts pursue powerful scientific solutions for society.

As we work to advance our missions – education, research, clinical care and community engagement -- we stand deeply committed to the SACSCOC accreditation process and to continuously enhancing the education of our students through dedicated emphasis placed on innovative instruction, trailblazing technology, Interprofessional collaboration and critical student support services. This reaffirmation process has provided us the platform from which to re-examine our curriculum and co-curricular activities, as well as administrative processes and procedures, as we refine our journey of continuous improvement in all areas.

Our faculty, staff, students and residents contribute daily, without reservation, their multifaceted talents, exemplary minds and unrelenting commitment to expanding the discovery of all that can be known -- in order to make lives better. We are most grateful to the Commission for its partnership with us in this passion to change the world through renewed hope and improved health for years to come.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
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3.13.4 Reaffirmation of Accreditation and Subsequent Reports

3.13.5 Separate Accreditation for Units of a Member Institution

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Our students learn to use cutting-edge technologies and techniques as laboratory professionals who analyze blood and body fluids to help identify, treat and prevent hundreds of diseases and conditions — from thyroid problems to diabetes, from leukemia to hepatitis.

The results of laboratory professionals’ work touch countless lives. The work that laboratory professionals do affects up to 70 percent of all major patient-care-related decisions. Our graduates are critical to saving and enhancing lives and contributing to research and clinical breakthroughs.

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Our faculty and staff believe that physician assistants are part of the solution to our nation’s health care challenges. Our mission is to be a recognized leader in primary health care education, scholarship and service.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

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Our established scholarship funds target worthy students:

  • David C. Shelledy Endowed Scholarship in Respiratory Care
  • Presidential Scholarship Endowment
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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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Study shows COVID-19 patients in ICU improved functional mobility after PT intervention

Physical therapy Assistant Professor Bobby Belarmino, PT, DPT, PhD, CCS, co-authored a recently published paper outlining a new clinical decision-making algorithm to help clinicians identify COVID-19 patients for whom physical therapy intervention in the ICU is appropriate.

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Study shows COVID-19 patients in ICU improved functional mobility after PT intervention

Physical therapy Assistant Professor Bobby Belarmino, PT, DPT, PhD, CCS, co-authored a recently published paper outlining a new clinical decision-making algorithm to help clinicians identify COVID-19 patients for whom physical therapy intervention in the ICU is appropriate.

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Study shows COVID-19 patients in ICU improved functional mobility after PT intervention

Physical therapy Assistant Professor Bobby Belarmino, PT, DPT, PhD, CCS, co-authored a recently published paper outlining a new clinical decision-making algorithm to help clinicians identify COVID-19 patients for whom physical therapy intervention in the ICU is appropriate.

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Study shows COVID-19 patients in ICU improved functional mobility after PT intervention

Physical therapy Assistant Professor Bobby Belarmino, PT, DPT, PhD, CCS, co-authored a recently published paper outlining a new clinical decision-making algorithm to help clinicians identify COVID-19 patients for whom physical therapy intervention in the ICU is appropriate.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
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The department is comprised of four programs — Respiratory Care, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Sciences, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences (Ph.D.). We provide students with intensive, hands-on clinical experience that prepares them to be outstanding practitioners and leaders in providing quality health care.

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Master's degree programs in medical laboratory sciences and respiratory care are available to students who have no prior health care experience, but are interested in becoming health care professionals. Our respiratory care program has been recognized for being among the top 10 percent of respiratory care programs in the country. The medical laboratory sciences program has ranked among the top 15 in the country including national rankings for research productivity by the Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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The department is comprised of four programs — Respiratory Care, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Sciences, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences (Ph.D.). We provide students with intensive, hands-on clinical experience that prepares them to be outstanding practitioners and leaders in providing quality health care.

Master's degree programs in medical laboratory sciences and respiratory care are available to students who have no prior health care experience, but are interested in becoming health care professionals. Our respiratory care program has been recognized for being among the top 10 percent of respiratory care programs in the country. The medical laboratory sciences program has ranked among the top 15 in the country including national rankings for research productivity by the Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science.

Department Events

Event 1

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Event 2

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Event 3

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

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Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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SELC 7009 - Summer orthodontic clinic

By Dr. Brent Callegari if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Mabel Hernandez

This course gives the student an opportunity to work with orthodontic graduate students treating comprehensive cases. Students will have the opportunity to actively participate in all aspects of patient care and resident training.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS3
Number of spots: 14
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Mabel Hernandez


SELC 7027 - Protocol development

By Dr. Brij Singh if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Aries Okungbowa-Ikponmwosa

In this elective course, the student with the guidance of their mentor, will review the literature and will develop a research protocol. Credit for the elective course will be awarded by the mentor contingent on the approval of the protocol by the mentor and the Associate Dean for Research. The student must be in good academic standing as determined by the Associate Dean for Research to apply for this elective. Students may become ineligible to complete the elective course if placed on academic probation. Enrollment in this elective may be extended through the following semester, provided that the Associate Dean for Research and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs approve the extension and the mentor reports satisfactory progress. A student may withdraw from this elective course at any time without recording of withdrawal on the transcript.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS1
Number of spots: 20
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Aries Okungbowa-Ikponmwosa


SELC 7028 - Completion of individually designed research

By Dr. Brij Singh if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Aries Okungbowa-Ikponmwosa

In this elective course, the student with guidance of the mentor will complete individually designed research following the approved protocol. The student must continue to be in good academic standing to apply for and to complete this elective course. Enrollment in this elective can be extended from semester to semester when the mentor reports satisfactory progress.

Student must present at the following meetings to fulfill the requirements of the elective:

  1. Dental Science Symposium
  2. AADR/IADR/CADR (NOTE: If you attend AADR/IADR/CADR, you will need to pay for your student membership, which is not reimbursed by the institution)
  3. Any other Research meetings

Withdrawal from this elective course will result in entry on the transcript as WP or WF as determined by the mentor. Credit for the course is contingent on verification by the mentor that the research has been completed satisfactorily up to abstract submission and acceptance of presentation at a scientific meeting.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS2
Number of spots: 20
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Aries Okungbowa-Ikponmwosa


SELC 7029 - Manuscript preparation of individually designed research

By Dr. Brij Singh if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Aries Okungbowa-Ikponmwosa

In this elective course, the student with the guidance of their mentor will help prepare an abstract and Extended Abstract not to exceed six pages suitable for incorporation into a peer-reviewed publication. The student must also present their research at a national/international scientific meeting and the Annual Dental School Science Symposium. A copy of a published abstract, the Extended Abstract and paperwork showing completion of all required coursework must be submitted to the Dental School Research Committee by the end of March of their senior year for review. The student must be in good academic standing to participate in this elective course. The mentor will award a grade for the elective course. Withdrawal from the elective course will result in entry on the manuscript as WP or WF as determined by the mentor.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3, DS4
Number of spots: 25
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Aries Okungbowa-Ikponmwosa


SELC 7032 - Pediatric dentistry clinical externship

By Dr. Claudia Contreras if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Antonio Lopez

The Pediatric Dentistry summer selective course is a two week long clinical course. In this course the student will be providing care to patients who range in age from as young as 6 months to 18 years old. The course will provide students with broad clinical experiences, ranging from simple preventative procedures to more complex operative procedures. If the student is also interested in pediatric residencies, this is a wonderful opportunity to observe pediatric dental residents perform sedations and ask residents about the program. There will also be exposure to conducting infant examinations which will provide a great opportunity to discuss anticipatory guidance with parents. More importantly the student will be able to get experience in treatment planning with different age groups in which they can be somewhat complicated and may need to be referred to the operating room. You must notify the course director if you wish to register for this course selective so permission for registration is granted based on eligibility. Limited to 4 participants per session.

Session 1 - May 17-21: Monday thru Friday
Session 2 - May 24-28: Monday thru Friday
Session 3 - June 01-10: Tuesday/Thursday only
Session 4 - June 14-25: Tuesday/Thursday only

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS3
Number of spots: 16
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Antonio Lopez

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
05/17/2021 - 05/21/2021 4 3888
05/24/2021 - 05/28/2021 4 3889
06/01/2021 - 06/10/2021 4 3912
06/14/2021 - 06/25/2021 4 3913

SELC 7097 - Preclinical orthodontic techniques course

By Dr. Brent Callegari if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Mabel Hernandez

The objective of this 12-hour selective is to provide interested DS3 students the opportunity to learn basic wire bending skills and get exposure to appliance fabrication for conducting orthodontic treatment. Five students/semester are pre-selected for Thursday afternoon sessions in the orthodontic lab; there will be 5 students in the Spring and 5 students in the Fall. Students are selected that are academically competitive and interested in post-graduate orthodontic residency. Hours to complete selective are accomplished on Thursdays for a total of 12 hours - primarily for DS III students restricted to the Fall and Spring semesters.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3
Number of spots: 8
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Mabel Hernandez

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
08/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 5 3719
01/02/2022 - 05/31/2022 5 3677

SELC 7099 - Dental Spanish

By Dr. Dana English if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Lori Morgan

This selective is designed for students interested in acquiring basic conversational skills in the Spanish language as it pertains to dentistry. The course is not a Spanish language class and focuses mainly on teaching dental students how to interact with their Spanish-speaking patients in the dental office. This selective is conducted by dental students.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS1, DS2, DS3
Number of spots: 50, 20, 20
Meets clinical requirement: No
This selective requires permission to register: No

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
06/01/2021 - 06/25/2021 90 3895

SELC 7109 - Graduate orthodontic clinic rotation

By Dr. Brent Callegari if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Mabel Hernandez

The objective of this 16 hour selective is to provide interested undergraduate students with the opportunity to assist orthodontic graduate students performing comprehensive orthodontic treatment. Students must have completed SELC 7097 Preclinical Orthodontic Techniques to participate since they will be asked to perform clinic procedures other than assisting. Two students are pre-selected for the Thursday afternoon clinic; there will be 2 students in the Spring and 2 students in the Fall. 2 hours per week on Thursdays for a total of 16 hours - primarily for DS III students restricted to the Fall and Spring semesters.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3
Number of spots: 6
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Mabel Hernandez

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
08/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 3 3678
01/01/2022 - 05/31/2022 3 3679

SELC 7114 - Interprofessional community service learning I

By Dr. Moshtagh R. Farokhi if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Nora Olivo

This is an innovative interprofessional community service learning (CSL) course for UTHSA medical, dental, nursing, school of health profession, UT pharmacy and UTSA premedical students. The goal of this course is to promote social accountability among health professional students through the integration of meaningful service learning with the core competencies of interprofessional education. This course enables students from various health science professions to learn with, from, and about each other and each other’s roles on a health care team as they examine social determinants of health and social justice issues while applying these principles in a structured service learning practicum.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3, DS4
Number of spots: 10, 15
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: No

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
08/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 25 3680

SELC 7115 - Interprofessional community service learning II

By Dr. Moshtagh R. Farokhi if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Nora Olivo

This is an innovative interprofessional community service learning (CSL) course for medical, dental, nursing, and school of health profession students. The goal of this course is to promote social accountability among health professional students through the integration of meaningful service learning with the core competencies of interprofessional education. This course enables students from various health science professions to learn with, from, and about each other and each other’s roles on a health care team as they examine social determinants of health and social justice issues while applying these principles in a structured service learning practicum.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3, DS4
Number of spots: 15, 25
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: No

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
01/01/2022 - 05/31/2022 40 3683


SELC 7119 - Advanced studies on human disease processes

By Dr. R. Neal Pinckard / Dr. Anne C. Jones if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Jason Sandlin

SELC 7119 is a third-year, two-semester course (3 credit hr.) that provides a series of comprehensive, in-depth case-based studies to foster critical thinking skills necessary for the diagnosis and understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of a variety of human systemic and oral disease processes. The objective of this course is to better prepare selected DS3 students to become more competent general dentists and foster students for acceptance into post-graduate dental specialty programs. Many of these residency programs either require or accept scores on the ADEA Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT, see UTLs below), or, in the case of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, scores on the USMLE National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE). Each week, two selected students are given an unknown clinical case where they are provided with a patient’s past medical/dental history, clinical features, physical examination, and appropriate initial laboratory, and/or radiographic findings. Based on the preceding information, these students must develop a preliminary differential diagnoses and seek additional clinical, laboratory and histopathologic follow-up studies to arrive at the correct clinical diagnosis. Based on the pathogenesis of the disease, a logical treatment plan is proposed. For each case, students will prepare a PowerPoint presentation and lead a Socratic Circle interactive discussion of the unknown case with their fellow students. SELC 7119 is a pass/fail course. The course will be given when at least 6 (maximum of 12) DS3 students demonstrate interest. The Course Directors will select students after an interview process. The first half of the course (General and Systemic Pathology) will begin in the fall semester (late July or early August) and continue through mid-December. The second half of the course (Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology) will begin in the spring semester (early January) and will continue through April. The time and dates for SELC 7119 will be determined to suit the weekly schedules of participating students. Previously SELC 7119 has been given each week on either a Tuesday or Wednesday from 7:00 - 7:50 AM in an appropriate location to be announced. Interested DS3 students should express their intent and reasons for enrolling by contacting the Course Directors (PINK and Dr. Jones), as faculty approval is required prior to enrollment by the Registrar’s office.

https://www.ada.org/en/education-careers/advanced-dental-admission-test
https://www.ada.org/en/education-careers/advanced-dental-admission-test/adat-guide
https://www.nbme.org/pdf/SampleScoreReports/ComprehensiveBasicScience/CBSE%20Score%20Report.pdf

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3
Number of spots: 12
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Jason Sandlin

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
07/28/2021 - 05/31/2022 12 3670

SELC 7122 - Academic dental career mentorship

By Dr. Dana English if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Lori Morgan

First year students will meet with faculty members to learn about academic careers: why did the faculty member choose to work in a dental school, what are the benefits of an academic career and what are the limitations of an academic career. Additionally, students learn about the roles and responsibilities of dental school faculty members in teaching, research , administration and service. Participating students prepare summaries of what they have learned about academic careers, submit these to the course director for review and then participated in a wrap-up seminar where teams of students share and discuss their experience and identify "take-home messages", insights and surprises about academic careers in dentistry. Dental students can take this course as a stand-alone selective without committing to the THP.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS1, DS2, DS3, DS4
Number of spots: 60, 30, 20, 20
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: No

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
08/01/2021 - 05/01/2022 130 3689

SELC 7130 - Introduction to graduate prosthodontics

By Dr. Panagiotis Gakis if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Nelda DeLaCruz

The objective of this selective is to introduce rising DS3 and/or DS4 students to the specialty of Prosthodontics. Through the application of advanced concepts and techniques, students will work with residents and faculty in all phases of clinical treatment and laboratory procedures for a complete denture patient treatment. Following completion of this selective, students will have improved their understanding of impression making, smile design, centric relation, occlusal vertical dimension, and relevant laboratory steps necessary for the treatment of edentulism. The selective will occur over a 2 week period and will be scheduled to accommodate patient availability. Due to the interactive nature of clinical treatment, enrollment will be limited to two dental students. Withdrawal, with notice to the course director, will be permitted without recording of the withdrawal on the student's transcript.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS3
Number of spots: 2
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Nelda DeLaCruz

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
05/17/2021 - 05/28/2021 2 3897

SELC 8023 - Wonderful world of periodontics

By Dr. Archie Jones if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Esther Campos

Periodontal therapy includes a variety of sophisticated surgical modalities with many different objectives. Having a basic understanding of these surgical procedures and their outcomes can give a general dentist a basis for improving communications with patients related to periodontal treatment needs. This course will showcase advanced periodontal surgical procedures and their outcomes through case presentations made by Periodontics postdoctoral students.

Semester:
Who can sign up:
Number of spots:
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register:


SELC 8060 - Advanced orthodontic graduate clinic rotation

By Dr. Brent Callegari if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Mabel Hernandez

This course is designed for the student who is seriously considering specializing in orthodontics upon graduation from Dental School. The student will be trained in all facets of clinical orthodontics and will be expected to perform a variety of orthodontic procedures on patients under the supervision of clinical faculty and residents on a regular basis. Three students can participate in each of the five graduate clinic sessions. Specific sessions will be determined by orthodontic residency program. Students must complete a minimum of 40 clinical hours per semester for credit.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3, DS4
Number of spots: 6
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Mabel Hernandez

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
08/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 3 3693
01/01/2022 - 05/31/2022 3 3694

SELC 8088 - Pre-Prosthetic surgery

By Dr. Tam Van if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Eliza Rodriguez

The course is for select DS3, DS4 students. There is a need for many patients to have surgery to improve their outcome for wearing of removable dental prosthesis. Ideally, the patients would go to a dental residency program to have this surgical care. Oftentimes, they need a more affordable option. Providing these services at an undergraduate level allows patients to proceed with the recommended care at a cost they can afford. Students benefit by learning principles of wound healing and patient management considerations; many of these patients have complex medical, functional, pharmacological, or cognitive issues. Students are also expected to prepare in advance of the procedures for medical emergencies that might occur based on the patients' health history. Suturing and documentation skills will be enhanced beyond what is already taught in their dental curriculum. While Geriatrics often work with many students with pre-prosthetic surgery case planning and the actual treatment, selective credit on students' transcripts is proposed when a student completes eight surgical experiences. Enrollment in the course will be at the approval of the course director. It will be a Credit course if eight pre-prosthetic surgical cases are completed. If enrolled, and eight cases are not completed, there will be no credit, no reflected penalty, on transcript for this selective. Students can drop at any time. Students can express interest at any level from DS3-DS4 with no time limit for accomplishing the eight cases. The selective is year round and spaces are limited.

Semester: Fall and Spring
Who can sign up: DS3, DS4
Number of spots: 30, 35
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Eliza Rodriguez

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
07/15/2021 - 12/31/2021 35 3695
01/01/2022 - 04/30/2022 30 3697

SELC 8094 - Enteral conscious sedation and emergency procedures

By Dr. Ernie Luce if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Lupita Gomez

Completion of this two day lecture course will provide the graduating senior dental student the educational credential to apply to the Texas Dental Board for a level 1 sedation permit (minimal enteral sedation). This didactic course meets the requirements for many, but not all states for enteral sedation privileges. The course is typically scheduled over two consecutive days and takes place shortly before or after the WREB clinical licensing exam in the spring.

Semester: Spring
Who can sign up: DS4
Number of spots: 110
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: No


SELC 8099 - Orthodontic literature review course

By Dr. Brent Callegari if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Mabel Hernandez

Selectees will have the opportunity to review current and classic articles in clinical and research areas of Orthodontics. This course is designed to provide a springboard for those students entering an orthodontic graduate program. Only two absences will be permitted to get transcript recording for the course. Participants will be selected from the list of students who register for the course. (0 hours)

Semester: Spring
Who can sign up: DS3, DS4
Number of spots: 6, 6
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Mabel Hernandez

Date options Enrollment capacity Class number
01/01/2022 - 03/31/2022 12 3699

SELC 8117 - CAD-CAM (Cerec 3D)

By Dr. Jacob Park if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Pat Dimas

The course consists of four half-day sessions and is designed for students who will intensify their clinical skills of CAD-CAM dentistry. Students will be given the information needed to keep up-to-date with the latest techniques and software. A maximum of 8 students are encouraged per course session.

Semester: Spring
Who can sign up: DS4
Number of spots: 6
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: No


SELC 8160 - Molar endodontic

By Dr. Varvara Chrepa if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Kathryn Garcia

The molar endodontics elective allows students to initiate an appreciation for the knowledge and skills needed for successful endodontic treatment of uncomplicated molar teeth. The course is partially self-directed involving self-study of textbook materials in Vital Source Bookshelf and other reading and video assignments in Canvas. Pre-clinical projects on extracted molar teeth are required prior to clinical participation. Students who successfully complete the course, including satisfactory completion of two patient molar treatments under Endodontic faculty supervision, will be allowed to treat selected pre-approved molar cases in the General Practice Clinic. Instructor approval is required. Available after completion of Endo 7043. Withdrawal is permitted at any time without recording on the transcript. Prerequisites: ENDO 6041, 6142 and 7043.

Semester: Spring
Who can sign up: DS4
Number of spots: 40
Meets clinical requirement:
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Kathryn Garcia


SELC 8175 - Geriatric dentistry

By Dr. Tam Van if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Eliza Rodriguez

Rising Senior dental students will have the opportunity to provide primary dental care and prevention services to a dynamic and diverse population of medically and functionally challenged older adults. The format of the summer selective is similar to that of the DS3 Geriatrics rotation, but with more patients, more treatment, and more discussions within each treatment session. Each summer selective session is two weeks and the treatment schedule is determined by the course director. Once enrolled and started, students are not allowed to miss sessions as patients will be scheduled.

Important details: If signing up for the first session (May 19-29), please contact Dr. Van first. The first session's schedule will be modified slightly.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS2, DS3
Number of spots: 4, 8
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: No

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SELC 7011 - Summer clinical/Community externship

By Dr. Juanita Lozano Pineda if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Temo Garcia

Rising DS3 students will develop and implement patient education and community outreach services for the clinic, as well as assist any rising DS4 students also assigned to the same clinic for a required summer selective. Sites are located in San Antonio, Laredo and Harlingen. For sites outside of San Antonio, housing will be provided and one round trip travel expense will be reimbursed to the driver. Students will be asked to drive in pairs.

Summer sessions dates below:
San Antonio - SACDC at Haven for Hope:

05/17/2021 - 05/28/2021; Available spots: 6; Class 3886

Important note: Students who are U.S. citizens and receive some financial assistance but have not used their entire financial aid allotment may be eligible for a Federal Work Study stipend through the Office of Financial Aid (*up to $15/hour, no more than 20 hours per week), for a total of up to $600/2 weeks, for successful completion of this selective. Federal funds vary from year to year; *these funds are available through June 15th. Please go to the following link for more information:

https://students.uthscsa.edu/financialaid/2019/01/cws-for-summer-dental-selectives/

All participants will be expected to attend a mandatory meeting prior to selective.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS2
Number of spots: 6
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Temo Garcia


SELC 8221 - Heroes for the homeless, Haven for Hope, SACDC/ Mobiledental van

By Dr. Vidal Balderas if you have any questions specific to this selective, please contact Nora Olivo

Rising DS4s will participate in a primary care/preventive dentistry elective training program in which primary dental care is provided in a non-conventional setting, using Mobile Dental van. Students participate in accordance with their level of training and ability, by providing needed dental care to the homeless and patients of all ages from shelters, thus becoming familiar with the oral health needs of various segments of the population. Dental care is provided under the direct supervision of Dental School faculty, including adjunct faculty from the private sector.

Important note: Students who are U.S. citizens and receive some financial assistance but have not used their entire financial aid allotment may be eligible for a Federal Work Study stipend through the Office of Financial Aid (*up to $15/hour, no more than 20 hours per week), for a total of up to $600/2 weeks, for successful completion of this selective. Federal funds vary from year to year; *these funds are available through June 15th. Please go to the following link for more information:

https://students.uthscsa.edu/financialaid/2019/01/cws-for-summer-dental-selectives/

All participants will be expected to attend a mandatory meeting prior to selective.

Semester: Summer
Who can sign up: DS3
Number of spots: 32
Meets clinical requirement: Yes
This selective requires permission to register: Yes, if you are interested please contact Nora Olivo


Dental Student Rotations

Freshmen (1.5 day)

Roy Cisneros Elementary School (half day) in the Edgewood Independent School District as part of a required course in School-Based Preventive Dentistry. The Freshman dental students teach oral hygiene instruction and nutritional counseling to 2nd and 3rd graders. This is a component of INTD 5030.

Head Start Centers in San Antonio (one day) to participate in a fluoride varnish program as one of the INTD 5030 rotations.


Sophomores (3 days)

Ricardo Salinas Clinic (Pediatric Dentistry) (half day) as part of a required course in Sophomore Clinic.

Roy Cisneros Elementary School (half day) in the Edgewood Independent School District as part of a required course in School-Based Preventive Dentistry. The sophomore dental students provide sealants for the children who have parental consent to participate.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District Sealant Program (SAMHD) (two days) at various elementary schools throughout San Antonio as part of School-Based Preventive Dentistry. Sealants are provided to children at elementary school locations affiliated with the city of San Antonio Metro Health Program.


Juniors (11.5 days)

Ricardo Salinas Clinic (one and a half days) as part of a required course in Pediatric Dentistry.

Affiliated Clinics in South Texas - (two weeks) Junior dental students rotate during the summer period for a minimum of 2 weeks. Housing is provided. This is a required clinical selective program.


Seniors (27.5 days)

Ricardo Salinas Clinic (3.5 days) - pediatric dentistry training. This program is conducted by the Department of Developmental Dentistry and is a required rotation in the curriculum.

Laredo Health Department (4.5 days) for pediatric dentistry training. This program takes place at the Laredo Health Department, located in Laredo, Texas. It is conducted by the Department of Developmental Dentistry and is a required rotation in the curriculum.

San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic (4.5 days) located at the Haven for Hope Homeless facility in downtown San Antonio to provide primary dental care services for special needs patients including the homeless and underserved patients served by the site. This clinical rotation is a component of GEND 8077.

South Texas Rotation - (two weeks) Senior dental students rotate to one of four clinic systems in South Texas for a minimum of 2 weeks as part of GEND 8077. Students provide primary dental care services under the supervision of adjunct faculty at the sites (Harlingen, Laredo or San Antonio).

Besides the above-mentioned required rotations, there are numerous other Elective opportunities for dental students to participate in outreach activities as follows:

Heroes for the Homeless Selective (SELC # 8221) - for senior dental students. During the academic year, senior dental students have the option to rotate to the SAM Ministries shelter for interdisciplinary health professional training (Wednesday evenings in conjunction with dental hygiene, medical students and family practice residents) to provide primary dental care services for special needs patients including the homeless and underserved patients served by the site. They also have the option to provide outreach dental screenings to the homeless at Haven for Hope.

Mission Dental Care Selective (SELC # 8035) - The Christian Medical-Dental Association (CMDA) sponsors weekend Mission trips (6-8) to the US/Mexican border region during the academic year. Students (8-12/trip) at all levels sign up for this program. Students travel to churches, community centers, or schools located in communities on the US side of the border (Del Rio, Eagle Pass, or Laredo) to provide basic primary, preventive, and emergency dental care under the supervision of dental school faculty, including adjunct faculty members.

Community Clinical Selective (SELC # 7011/8032) Each summer, the Dental School (through the South Texas Border Initiative) offers an elective outreach program (2 weeks) which assigns students in teams (DS I’s, II’s, & III’s) to affiliated clinics in South Texas (Brownsville, Harlingen, Raymondville, Laredo, Eagle Pass and Del Rio). Dental students provide dental care to patients under the supervision of adjunct faculty at the designated affiliated clinic sites. Housing is provided by AHEC.

Preventive Dentistry Selective (SELC # 7120) - for rising sophomore dental students. During the summer, dental students rotate to Mercy Ministries of Laredo or to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) School of Medicine, to participate in a preventive dentistry outreach selective which requires the students to work in the colonias of Laredo/Webb County, and various other colonias located in the Upper, Mid, and Lower Rio Grande Valley Regions of South Texas. Students work with other organizations, health professionals, medical students, and colonia residents to develop educational programs focusing on preventing dental disease and raising the level of awareness of the importance of oral health to general health. Housing is provided by AHEC.

Community Service Selective (SELC # 7088) – established several years ago when dental students submitted a proposal to the Curriculum Committee to create a vehicle by which students could interact with the local community by participating in such projects as Habitat for Humanity (building homes for the poor), United Way’s Days of Caring/Sharing, Christmas Under the Bridge (for the homeless); Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner and the HEB Christmas Dinner (feeding the poor); KLRN TV (phone bank for public television); Big Brother/Big Sister program – working w/ youth; etc. Students also volunteer at Morgan’s Wonderland to assist at this theme park for children with special needs, and at the Children’s Shelter, where they assist with programs for children who are away from their families.

Community Service Program – established in conjunction with Edgewood Independent School District (EISD) and sponsored by Methodist Healthcare Ministries. Thru this program 2nd graders (> 700) receive preventive dental care services at the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry (2 half days in February each year).


National Programs

Junior dental students are also encouraged to apply for the COSTEP or the Indian Health Service Externship program conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service. Students selected through this program are assigned to dental clinics on Indian reservations for a period of 2-4 weeks. The dental students provide dental care to Native American populations under the supervision of IHS Dental Commissioned Corps Officers and are exposed to the Public Health Service mission. (SELC # 7010).

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A highly regarded D.D.S. program. Bachelor’s and online master’s options in dental hygiene. Postgraduate options in most dental specialties. The programs you seek are led by distinguished faculty who guide you through solid clinic experiences which prepare you for your dental career. Here is a small selection of what we offer: D.D.S. program, D.D.S./Ph.D. program, Postgraduate certificate programs, Dental Hygiene program, and International Dentist Education Program (2-year D.D.S.).

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Average DAT score for incoming DDS students in 2020

3.65

Average GPA of incoming DDS students in 2020

200

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The faculty want you to use your own knowledge to determine the best treatment plan for your patients. In the real world, this is exactly what we will be doing so starting this form of thinking now as a third year dental student is only going to better prepare me as a future dental clinician.

Lacey Key, Third Year School of Dentistry Student

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Our Programs

Find your fit: Our programs span multiple disciplines and offer bachelor’s, master’s, D.D.S., Ph.D. and advanced education certificate programs as well as an International Dentist Education Program. Our dental students have opportunities to participate in a variety of areas of research and can opt for Graduation with Distinction in Research Honors.

Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD)

Degree Type: Certificate, Postdoc/Advanced Education
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry

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Certificate in Periodontics with Master's Degree

Degree Type: Certificate, Certificate with Master's Degree, Certificate with Master's Option, Master's, Postdoc/Advanced Education
Department of Periodontics

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D.D.S./Ph.D.: Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Degree Type: DDS, Doctoral, Dual Degree, PhD
School of Dentistry

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Dental Early Acceptance (3+4) Program

Degree Type: DDS, Doctoral
School of Dentistry

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Dental Hygiene Bachelor of Science Degree Completion

Degree Type: Bachelor’s
Department of Periodontics

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Dental Hygiene: Entry Level, Bachelor of Science

Degree Type: Bachelor’s
Department of Periodontics

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Dental Public Health Residency

Degree Type: Certificate, Postdoc/Advanced Education
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry

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Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.)

Degree Type: DDS, Doctoral
School of Dentistry

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Endodontics Certificate with Master's Option

Degree Type: Certificate, Certificate with Master's Option, Postdoc/Advanced Education
Department of Endodontics

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International Dentist Education Program (2-year D.D.S.)

Degree Type: DDS, Doctoral
School of Dentistry

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Master of Dental Science in Dental Hygiene

Degree Type: Master's
Department of Periodontics

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Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Residency Certificate with Master's Option

Degree Type: Certificate, Certificate with Master's Option, Postdoc/Advanced Education
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry

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Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency

Degree Type: Certificate, MD
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Certificate with Master's Degree

Degree Type: Certificate, Certificate with Master's Degree, Externship, Postdoc/Advanced Education
Department of Developmental Dentistry

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Pediatric Dentistry Certificate

Degree Type: Pediatric Dentistry Certificate
Department of Developmental Dentistry

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Pediatric Dentistry Certificate with Master’s Option

Degree Type: Certificate with Master's Option, Postdoc/Advanced Education
Department of Developmental Dentistry

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Prosthodontics Residency Certificate with Master's Option

Degree Type: Certificate, Certificate with Master's Option, Postdoc/Advanced Education
School of Dentistry

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HCOE Learning Enhancement for Achievement in Dentistry (LEAD)

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School of Dentistry

Our internationally recognized School of Dentistry is at the forefront of dental education, research, community service and patient care in South Texas. As a leading academic health center, we attract world-renowned faculty to educate the next generation of oral health care professionals.

Admissions

17 Degrees & Programs

A highly regarded D.D.S. program. Bachelor’s and online master’s options in dental hygiene. Postgraduate options in most dental specialties. The programs you seek are led by distinguished faculty who guide you through solid clinic experiences which prepare you for your dental career. Here is a small selection of what we offer: D.D.S. program, D.D.S./Ph.D. program, Postgraduate certificate programs, Dental Hygiene program, and International Dentist Education Program (2-year D.D.S.).

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20.8

Average DAT score for incoming DDS students in 2020

3.65

Average GPA of incoming DDS students in 2020

200

Operatories for Pre-doctoral students in our new center for oral health care & research building

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The faculty want you to use your own knowledge to determine the best treatment plan for your patients. In the real world, this is exactly what we will be doing so starting this form of thinking now as a third year dental student is only going to better prepare me as a future dental clinician.

Lacey Key, Third Year School of Dentistry Student

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Focused on Dentistry's Future

With a 50-year history, state-of-the-art clinical space, multiple specialties and robust research culture, our story is just beginning.

Our Mission, Vision and Core Values

Mission

To improve oral health through excellence in education, research, patient care, and community engagement.

Vision

To be the leading academic oral health institution.

Core Values

To achieve our mission, UT Health San Antonio is committed to Excellence, Innovation, Integrity, Professionalism, Teamwork and Collaboration, and Tradition.

Research

UT Health San Antonio scientists collaborate with clinicians and research teams worldwide. We work across multiple medical and dental disciplines to find new treatments. Our research advances the knowledge of oral health, biomaterials, cancer, pain and more.

Dental students have the opportunity to participate in research in a variety of areas of specialty and can opt for Graduation with Distinction in Research Honors.

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"We celebrate a rich history and look ahead to a bright future. Offering 17 degrees and programs in both dentistry and dental hygiene, world-renown faculty educators, a diverse student population, state-of-the-art clinical facilities, and a distinguished research enterprise, our aim is to be the leading oral health academic institution."

Peter M. Loomer, BSc, D.D.S., Ph.D., MRCD(C), FACD Professor and Dean

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Our Programs

Find your fit: Our programs span multiple disciplines and offer bachelor’s, master’s, D.D.S., Ph.D. and advanced education certificate programs as well as an International Dentist Education Program. Our dental students have opportunities to participate in a variety of areas of research and can opt for Graduation with Distinction in Research Honors.

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Ready to apply?

Established in 1970 and offering 17 degrees and programs in both dentistry and dental hygiene, we provide students a unique journey with extensive clinical experience and community service as well as research opportunities. We look for top students who seek challenges and the resources of a big institution in a smaller setting..

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Student Life

Student Life

We’re a tight-knit campus inside a big city. From intramural sports to run clubs, you can find ways to balance your life outside classrooms and clinics.

Student Success Program

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Living in San Antonio

San Antonio’s cost of living is affordable, but you’ll still feel like you’re getting the best of city life when you go to school here. You can stay close to the Medical Center, where our campus resides, or find your best fit on the urban-to-rural spectrum of San Antonio’s neighborhoods.

Student Support

Our students come from all walks of life and bring unique contributions to our programs. It's our job to make sure you are getting the support you need to succeed.

Clubs and organizations

UT Health San Antonio has 100+ Student-led organizations on campus. We offer a wide variety of recognized organizations on campus. Most are professional and discipline-specific. Others are cultural, religious, social or special interest. Want to volunteer? We can help you find a group perfect for you and your professional plans.

Health & Wellness

We have a variety of resources and activities to help you stay healthy while you’re here.

Developing Your Career Path

The mission of the Office of Career Development is to provide innovative career and professional development that responds to the needs of the biomedical workforce. The office does this through strategic national and community partnerships that inform the development of professional development workshops, networking opportunities, and outreach programs for graduate trainees. The vision of the office is that graduate education will adapt to the needs of the growing biomedical workforce and effectively prepare professionals for their career paths.

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Research at School of Dentistry

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Our scientists collaborate with clinicians and research teams worldwide. We work across multiple medical and dental disciplines to find new treatments. Our research advances the knowledge of oral health, biomaterials, cancer, pain and more.

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$5.9 million

In Research awards distributed from the National Institutes of Health in 2020

4,600+

Articles published in Peer-reviewed journals by our researchers and faculty

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Of all SCHOOLS OF DENTISTRY receiving National Institutes of Health funding

“The mission of the Health Science Center is to contribute to the broad body of basic and applied knowledge and perform research to increase our understanding of oral health and diseases. The research currently being developed and pursued by the departments is essential in creating new knowledge that improves health and influences thoughtful advances based on research inputs to advance health policies and dental practice.”Brij B. Singh, Ph.D.
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School of Dentistry Alumni

Since its opening in 1970, the UT Health School of Dentistry has produced more than 4,000 dentists and dental hygienists who are among the finest clinicians, educators, and researchers around the globe. Alumni maintain lifelong connections with friends made during their time on campus.

Alumni and Student Spotlight

We hope you enjoy reading about Alumni and Students who are making a difference for UT Health San Antonio on campus and in their communities.

If you would like to nominate yourself or a fellow alumni or student to be featured in our next Spotlight, please email alumni@uthscsa.edu. Nominations should include: name, graduation year and degree, notable career achievements, current occupation.

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Cynthia Banker

Class of 1975

“I graduated from the Dental School in 1975. I was the first female dental student to graduate from the school by alphabetical order. There were two of us in my class. Dr. Birgit Glass was the other female that graduated in 1975, making us the first two female graduates for the Dental School.”

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Kim Do

Class of 2017

“I worked with many different dentists who all volunteered their time and expertise to help people who otherwise would not have received dental care. The different dentists that I volunteered with inspired me to pursue a career in which I could give back to an underserved community.”

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I am grateful for my insightful and knowledgeable clinical faculty at UT Health San Antonio who have been instrumental in my professional and personal development. They instilled confidence in me to trust my decision-making and clinical skills as a dental professional. I am ecstatic to continue my education at UT Health San Antonio in the Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency and as a prospective faculty member in the future.

Selina Fuentes, D.D.S., Class of 2018

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Department of Comprehensive Dentistry

Our programs develop top-notch dentists. We train residents in post-doctoral general dentistry programs and specialists in prosthodontics, dental public health, and radiology.

Admissions

The Department of Comprehensive Dentistry is comprised of more than 150 faculty and staff committed to teaching, research, and service. Our disciplines of general dentistry, restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, oral medicine/radiology, prevention, and community outreach provide a comprehensive educational experience. The postdoctoral division conducts advanced education programs in general dentistry, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial radiology, and dental public health.

Research

Our scientists have produced some of the most influential research publications in modern dentistry, while continuing to expand the scope of research to examine a wide variety of oral and systemic conditions. We are leaders in the discovery and promotion of evidence-based practice. Our investigators have demonstrated expertise in epidemiological research, basic science research, and clinical trials.

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Faculty

Our faculty have years of experience in both the practice of dentistry and the art of teaching. They believe in hands-on education and not only knowing their students by name, but also knowing their strengths and weaknesses.

Faculty & Staff

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Students appreciate learning from each other and from their patients in an environment that encourages understanding of the total patient needs.

Tam Van, D.D.S., Clinical Associate Professor

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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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About Our Department

The Department of Comprehensive Dentistry is comprised of more than 150 faculty and staff committed to teaching, research, and service.

The Department of Comprehensive Dentistry is comprised of more than 150 faculty and staff committed to teaching, research, and service. Our disciplines of general dentistry, restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, oral medicine/radiology, prevention, and community outreach provide a comprehensive educational experience. The postdoctoral division conducts advanced education programs in general dentistry, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial radiology, and dental public health.

Our scientists have produced some of the most influential research publications in modern dentistry, while continuing to expand the scope of research to examine a wide variety of oral and systemic conditions. We are leaders in the discovery and promotion of evidence-based practice. Our investigators have demonstrated expertise in epidemiological research, basic science research, and clinical trials.

Our faculty have years of experience in both the practice of dentistry and the art of teaching. They believe in hands-on education and not only knowing their students by name, but also knowing their strengths and weaknesses.

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Students appreciate learning from each other and from their patients in an environment that encourages understanding of the total patient needs.

Tam Van, D.D.S., Clinical Associate Professor

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

AEGD Program

Advanced Education in General Dentistry

Part of the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry

The Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program (AEGD) at UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry Department of Comprehensive Dentistry is an intensive clinical and didactic program focused on providing residents with a solid foundation for treating patients comprehensively in all aspects of General Dentistry. Please visit our academics overview to learn more about the tracks offered and the application process for this program.

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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Division

Predoctoral Division

From the first days of freshman year to the day of graduation, the faculty and staff of the Predoctoral Division of the Comprehensive Dentistry Department play a major role in the training of dental students. With more that 75 full and part-time faculty and staff, the Comprehensive Dentistry Predoctoral Division is the largest at UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry, and is by itself larger than the other departments. From dental anatomy and esthetics to preventative dentistry and dentures, this division is accountable for the majority of the pre-clinical and clinical training of our students.

In the first two years, the students receive training in the pre-clinical courses of dental anatomy, restorative dentistry, crown and bridge, removable prosthodontics, and implant dentistry. During the last two years of dental school, the vast majority of the student’s time is spent in one of the 8 General Practice Groups. These groups are staffed and managed by the Predoctoral Division Faculty. Overall, during the four years of dental school, more than 50% of the total curriculum hours and more than 50% of courses taught are the responsibility of the Predoctoral Division of the Comprehensive Dentistry Department at UT Health San Antonio.

Disciplines

The disciplines of general dentistry, restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, oral medicine/radiology, prevention, and community outreach are coordinated to provide a comprehensive educational experience for future dental practitioners. A unique general dentistry model is used to prepare students for general practice or advanced education upon graduation.

  • Community Dentistry

    Community Dentistry is committed to promoting oral health through organized community efforts and individual oral disease prevention strategies. Our mission includes educating the predoctoral dental student in oral health promotion and disease prevention for the community and the individual, nutrition, cariology, behavioral dentistry, oral health care systems, ethics and jurisprudence.

  • Dental Diagnostic Sciences

    The mission of Dental Diagnostic Sciences is to educate pre- and postdoctoral dental students, allied health students, preceptors, visiting professors, and dental and other health practitioners in oral diagnosis, oral medicine, oral & maxillofacial radiology, geriatric dentistry, forensic dentistry, and infection control.

    This discipline seeks to improve oral health in South Texas and beyond through:

    • the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge in the field
    • the provision of state-of-the-art professional services in physical diagnosis, oral diagnosis, oral medicine, treatment planning, radiology, geriatrics, forensic odontology, and infection control
    • service to the University, South Texas community, and the profession as a whole

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San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

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Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Student Success Center

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Student Success Center

Our Student Success Center brings together useful tools, services and information intended to provide a supportive and positive environment. From peer mentoring to academic coaching to outreach and enrichment, these services, opportunities and resources are designed to promote the personal and professional development of our students.

Network for Student Success

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry is committed to an environment that enables our students to thrive academically and personally, with opportunities for enrichment and leadership throughout their time with us. Diversity, Inclusion and Equity is an integral part of the school’s dedication to provide a welcoming and supportive culture for our students.

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Enrichment Opportunities

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry offers a variety of opportunities that enrich the quality of our students’ education through rotations, selective courses and the ability to graduate with distinctions in education and/ or research.

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Outreach Opportunities

Extensive community outreach is a key component of our school’s mission. Faculty, dental students and residents have the opportunity to participate in a range of outreach programs throughout our local and South Texas communities, providing services to more than 36,000 underserved individuals annually.

Opportunities for Leadership

  • Class Officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Fundraiser Chair, Wellness Chair, Historian, and Social Chair
  • Course Liaison
  • Institutional Committee Member
  • School Committee Member
  • Student Organization Officer
  • Student Government Association representative Student Legacy Council

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School of Nursing

The School of Nursing at UT Health San Antonio is at the forefront of academic nursing, leading excellence through our innovative teaching, quality research, compassionate care and community service in South Texas and beyond.

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Excellence in Education, Care and Research

Our programs prepare tomorrow’s nurse leaders. From pre-licensure degree options to graduate and post-degree certificates, our programs will help you pursue a wide range of career pathways in nursing from clinical care to research.

Undergraduate Programs

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Doctor of Nursing Practice (Post-MSN DNP)

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (Post-MSN DNP) is a doctoral degree that prepares students for the highest level of nursing practice. This program is designed for students who hold a Master's degree in Nursing, and who have nursing specialty preparation at the graduate level. Applicants to the DNP program will choose from three different tracks: the Advanced Practice Leadership track, the Public Health track, or the Executive Administrative Management track.

Learn more about our DNP program

Quick Facts

Our School of Nursing integrates interdisciplinary learning, clinical and research experiences through our extensive network of community and global partnerships. Learn more about us

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Simulation hospital (Center for Simulation Innovation) for training students and healthcare professionals

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Fellows of The American Academy of Nursing

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Clinical affiliation agreements provide real-world experience for students

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Global partnerships with universities around the world

Tribute Magazine

Tribute is the official magazine for the alumni and friends of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read and share inspiring stories highlighting our alumni, faculty and students who are revolutionizing education, research, patient care and critical services in the communities they serve.

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UT Health San Antonio Nurses Make Lives Better

Join more than 11,000 nursing graduates of UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing who are raising the bar in patient advocacy, systems of care and nursing science and transforming the future.

Our Mission

About Us

Our school employs a state-of-the-art Center for Simulation Innovation for clinical education, as well as a growing patient care practice providing primary and acute care at our own clinic, Wellness 360, and at a variety of community partner sites. As leaders in community outreach, we also operate a mobile health unit used for disaster relief and other missions. Students will enjoy a variety of clinical rotations and our low student-to-faculty ratio. With more than 400 clinical affiliates, we secure preceptors for our students—guaranteed.

Our expert faculty holds prestigious endowed chairs and 12 of our faculty are Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. The rich diversity in our student body of over 800 reflects our commitment to educating the next generation of compassionate, culturally-proficient nursing healthcare professionals at all levels of nursing education.

Our School of Nursing is one of five schools at UT Health San Antonio, the only academic health science center in South Texas and chief catalyst for San Antonio’s thriving $42.4 billion health care and biosciences sector. For 50+ years, we have educated nurse leaders, clinicians, scientists, and teachers to serve the diverse and underserved 38-county population of South Texas.

The school offers five academic programs consisting of BSN, DNP and PhD degrees and specialty certificates. As a recognized Hispanic Serving Institution, we are dedicated to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in the nursing profession as we educate future nurses who mirror the communities that they will serve. Our current enrollment consists of 300 graduate students and 789 undergraduate students, including 33% first-generation college students and 21% male nursing students, almost twice the national average.

Students enjoy learning opportunities at our state-of-the-art Center for Simulation Innovation for clinical education, as well as a growing patient care practice providing primary and acute care at our own clinic, Wellness 360 and at a variety of community partner sites. As leaders in community outreach, we also operate a mobile health unit used for disaster relief and other missions.

Faculty enjoy a wide range of engagement through our research programs, Center for Community-Based Health Promotion with Women and Children and a new Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies. Collaborative, interprofessional research opportunities include the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Disease, Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies, Center for Research to Advance Community Health and more. Our School of Nursing is home to some of the most unique population health and community-based health research in the region and in the state of Texas. Faculty scholarship is supported by a dedicated team in the Office of Nursing Research and Scholarship.

Fifteen faculty are fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). We are expanding our specialist network, faculty practice and community partnerships to advance innovative sustainable models of health care and increase health equity. With a total of $13.9 million in philanthropic care provided to the community from 2019 to 2020—we truly live our missions in Texas and beyond.

Our Inspiration

Fifteen faculty are fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). We are expanding our specialist network, faculty practice and community partnerships to advance innovative sustainable models of health care and increase health equity. With a total of $13.9 million in philanthropic care provided to the community from 2019 to 2020—we truly live our missions in Texas and beyond.

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Administration

School of Nursing Dean
Eileen T. Breslin, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

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"Passion, progress, impact – These are just a few of the elements that enable our School of Nursing to influence the future of health care every day. As we continue to educate some of the finest nursing students, our graduates can be found making a difference – conducting research, providing patient care, leading community partnerships, and educating patients and students. Together, we are making a lasting impact by promoting health as an act of social justice."

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Alumni

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Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Alumni

Graduates of our School of Nursing join our more than 11,000 alumni in Texas, across the nation and around the world. For five generations, our School of Nursing has been a leader in nursing education in South Texas. Our alumni keep informed on news from our school through our magazine and communications from our alumni office at UT Health San Antonio.

Our doors opened in 1969

On May 29, 1969, the Texas Legislature passed a bill to establish The University of Texas System School of Nursing at San Antonio in response to a nursing shortage. The San Antonio school along with schools in Austin, Galveston, Arlington, Houston, and El Paso comprised the University of Texas System School of Nursing under the leadership of President Marilyn Willman Ph.D. Dr. Margretta Styles became the first Dean of the School of Nursing at San Antonio and was elected President of the American Nurses Association. Pioneering the School of Nursing alongside Dr. Styles, were four faculty members, Debra Hymovich, Nancy Maebius, Suellen Reed, and Ruth Stewart.

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Find your program

Our programs prepare tomorrow’s nurse leaders. From pre-licensure degree options to graduate and post-graduate certificates, our programs will help you pursue a wide range of career pathways in nursing from clinical care to research.

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Scholarships

Scholarships are available to both undergraduate and graduate students. One application submits your request to more than 100 scholarships.

Continuing Education

Nursing is a commitment to continuous learning. Our department of Lifelong Learning offers professional continuing education for individuals and healthcare organizations, as well as customized, full-service CE planning to meet the needs of unique healthcare settings.

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Accreditation

The BSN, MSN, and DNP programs, and our Post-Graduate Certificate are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

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Marketable Skills

The School of Nursing is proud to partner with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in helping students develop and build on skills employers value and seek out in job candidates.

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School of Nursing - Clinical Experiences

Clinical experiences

Nursing students at UT Health San Antonio experience hands-on care through clinical rotations across an expansive network of health care partners.​​​​​​

Placement opportunities

With more than 400 active clinical agency contracts located within a 60 mile radius of the University, faculty and students in all programs enjoy the availability of a wide variety of teaching-learning clinical experiences. Clinical facilities include acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory clinics, community-based senior centers, schools, residential treatment centers, faith-based outreach ministries and physician offices as well as migrant-stream or rural clinics serving vulnerable populations with known health disparities. This comprehensive selection of available clinical agencies provides rich teaching and learning opportunities across all degree programs by exposing students to different organizational entities representing both large and small health care delivery systems with patients representing a myriad of health promotion and health restoration or disease management needs. In addition to these local or regional opportunities, there are opportunities for international nursing experiences.

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Preceptor Model

Our preceptors are arranged by the Office for Academic Affairs, which is dedicated to providing health care partners with placements to help meet their mission and patient care needs.

Our preceptorship program allows for graduate students to be placed with a single preceptor or a team of preceptors.

While at other schools, graduate students are required to find their own preceptor, our School of Nursing pairs our students with preceptors.

Graduate Preceptor Handbook

If you would like to serve as a clinical preceptor, please contact the Office for Academic Affairs. For our academic and practice partners, we have formulated a toolkit in collaboration with Veterans Affairs and Methodist Healthcare for use in developing a Dedicated Education Unit (DEU). See our DEU toolkit.

I knew I wanted to work for the Methodist Healthcare System when I graduated with my B.S.N. I received an email from the nursing school about the new internship program, and I knew this was for me.

Celeste Castillo, BSN, RN

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COVID-19 Updates

Learn more about changes to our admissions requirements due to coronavirus.

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Contact Us

Have questions? Need some more information? Call us at 877-235-0341 or 210-567-0341 or fill out our online form to learn more about our programs and get in touch with us. We're here to help.

Comparative and gainful employment data for graduates from all UT system schools can be found here.

Event Notice

Out of consideration for the health and safety of our community related to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19) and upon the recommendation of infectious disease experts and UT System leadership, we have cancelled in-person information sessions.

All information sessions will be conducted online until further notice. Thank you for your understanding.

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Community Outreach

The School of Nursing helps foster community outreach and engagement through faculty clinical practices and our network of community partnerships.

In the Community

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AVANCE

AVANCE-San Antonio offers parent education and support programs in at-risk communities. Our faculty nurse practitioners provide care for children and parents in the AVANCE community. One of the main goals of the clinic is to educate parents in the AVANCE community about the importance of immunizations and the standards set by the state of Texas in order for their children to enter school.

Volunteers

Healy-Murphy Center

Healy-Murphy Center is a local high school for self-paced study. Our faculty nurse practitioners provide care for students attending Healy-Murphy Center and their families.

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PRIDE Clinic

The PRIDE Clinic is a student and doctor led effort to serve the uninsured and underinsured LGBTQ community. Our faculty nurse practitioners provide care at the PRIDE Clinic in collaboration with UT Health San Antonio’s Center for Medical Ethics and Humanities.

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San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic

A true interdisciplinary and joint effort among nursing, medical and dental students and faculty from UT Health San Antonio addresses the health and social needs of immigrant refugees.

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Casa Mia at the Pryor House

Casa Mia is a recovery residence where pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder can recover with their children. Crosspoint Inc., a local non-profit, is our community partner for this project. Our School of Nursing faculty and students provide wellness and nutrition education, case management services, parenting classes, and recovery support for all Casa Mia residents.

Mobile Health

Mobile Health Care for Underserved Communities & Disaster Relief

Our School of Nursing operates a mobile health unit that provides care to communities in need such as low-income school districts. The mobile health unit also provides disaster relief care to communities affected by disasters such as Hurricane Harvey.

Community-based Health Initiatives

Our School of Nursing collaborates with interdisciplinary academic programs at UT Health San Antonio and community of healthcare professionals to address health disparities among women and their families.

The Center for Community-Based Health Promotion with Women and Children
South Texas Area Health Education Centers

Caring for the Caregiver

Caring for the Caregiver provides opportunities for social engagement, education classes, and hands-on skills training for managing care challenges for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. All resources are offered at no cost to the family caregiver.

Caring for the Caregiver
Dementia Friendly San Antonio

Opioid Overdose Training & Recovery Initiatives

Our School of Nursing collaborates with Bexar County, the state of Texas and local programs to combat the opioid crisis.

Training first responders to reverse an opioid overdose.
The Bexar County Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Collaborative

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Research

Our School of Nursing is home to some of the most unique population health and community-based health research in the region and in the state of Texas. Our nursing faculty and scientists are leading research to improve care for vulnerable members of society and bridge gaps in health disparities.

Featured projects

Researchers in the news

Reversing opioid overdose

The UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing has been awarded two grants totaling more than $4 million to educate Bexar County first responders in how to identify and reverse opioid overdose. Lisa Cleveland, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor of nursing, received the grants from the Texas Health & Human Services Commission.

Diversifying future leaders in nursing

Principal investigator, Norma Martinez-Rogers, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, receives $2.5 million grant to teach students in the primary care nursing program about population health, preventing and managing chronic diseases and providing care for patients from a variety of cultures.

Center for Community-Based Health Promotion with Women and Children

Our community-based health research focuses on women and children from diverse groups who experience disparities of economic and social access to care.

More about community-based research

Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies

Our center is focused on training and simulation on connected health technologies and providing real work testing of innovative solutions to manage chronic disease via mobile applications and wireless devices.

More about the Center

Biobehavioral Research Laboratory

The biobehavioral laboratory is a center of excellence for salivary science and biobanking

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Graduate programs

Our graduate programs offer a range of leadership tracks and areas of emphasis to prepare nurses for growing demands in health care systems and clinical nursing practice, and the option to pursue a research-based Ph.D. in Nursing.

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Clinical affiliate partners

BSN to DNP

Starting Fall 2019

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The Student Experience

The Student Success Center has useful tools and services to help you through nursing school and beyond! Our collection of services are designed to meet all of your academic, professional, and extracurricular needs. From peer mentoring to academic coaching to career fairs and commencement, we have resources to support and guide you. Set up an appointment with our staff as needed via Starfish or use the links below to navigate to our modules.

Student Success Staff

Count on the Student Success Center to help you reach your goals

The Student Success Center provides students with a full spectrum of academic support beginning with first semester mentoring and continuing with academic preparation for their licensure exam after graduation. Most of the services are located in a centralized center in the School of Nursing.

Outreach

Two undergraduate nursing students had the opportunity to care for veterans when they participated in an appropriately named internship called the VA Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR) Program.

More info about student outreach

Clinical

Doctoral student and nurse educator is helping new mothers and infants by teaching nurses to recognize risk factors and provide culturally sensitive care.

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Research

Leaders in the School of Nursing saw firsthand that underrepresented minority students, who are often first-generation college scholars, face hurdles unknown to other students.

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Undergraduate Tracks

Nursing continues to outpace the average job growth for all occupations. With a BSN, registered nurses begin to access a wealth of opportunities to work in various settings and enter specialty care.

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Undergraduate students

99% NCLEX

First-time pass rate for our 2019 accelerated cohort

15 month

Accelerated track for applicants who hold a baccalaureate degree in a field other than nursing

Alumni

Nursing school is everything I expected because I have seen how much I have grown.

Xavier V. Grizzelle, BSN, Class of 2016

School of Nursing - Light the Future

Light the Future

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Peter Drucker

Inspired by this thought, Dr. Kathleen Stevens, EdD, FAAN, RN, ANEF and professor in the School of Nursing embarked on a creative journey with her husband Alex Hamilton, a San Antonio native and true renaissance Texan and entrepreneur. The two set out to make a lasting contribution to the School of Nursing that would stand as a tangible tribute to the future.

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Creative journey and a keen eye for art

Dr. Steven's husband, Alexander B. Hamilton, with his wisdom and keen eye for art, this couple was sparked by the quote, "The best way to predict the future is to create it," by Peter Drucker. The couple started thinking about establishing a tangible reminder pointing to the future. "It had to be Florence Nightingale. There is no larger image in modern health care and nursing than Florence Nightingale," Dr. Stevens said.

The couple started brainstorming in 2019. "I've been coming to this campus for over 30 years. To me, the School of Nursing building needs more character," Hamilton said. "We came up with the idea to make these buildings distinct by featuring a bronze statue that would be special for the nursing school and the university and give it a unique identity."

Dr. Stevens said their discussions focused on 2020, the Year of Nurse, an international celebration based on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is famous for her work during the Crimean War in the 1850s. (Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Year of the Nurse encompassed 2020 and 2021.)

"When Alex and I started thinking about a statue, we decided to find out more about Florence Nightingale," Dr. Stevens said. "She is heralded as the founder of modern nursing but is much more than that. Today's interprofessional health care system and hospital design continue to be influenced by Nightingale's research on nursing and health care in the mid-1800s. Her legacy goes far beyond nursing and still resonates across all health professions today."

"Once we decided to propose a statue of Florence Nightingale, we knew we wanted to get an old West artist who had an eye for anatomy and facial structure," he said. "We met an artist who had a booth at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and bought a small bronze statue of a steer head that he had done. We took it home and looked at the bone structure, nostrils and eyes and decided to ask him if he would be interested in our project. We knew we had the right artist when he said he would 'give it a shot."

The artist, Rick McCumber, and his wife, Cindy, of Huntsville, Texas, came to San Antonio for an early meeting with the couple and Dean Eileen T. Breslin, PhD, RN, FAAN. Dr. Breslin, a long-standing admirer of Nightingale, whole-heartedly approved the idea of the bronze statue for the School of Nursing.

"We decided we wanted a nine-foot statue which is 150 percent of her height. Nightingale was 5'7" tall," Hamilton explained. "We told Rick that we wanted her to stand in front of the School of Nursing building with the proper candle lantern in her right hand and her left hand beckoning students to enter their future through the School of Nursing."

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Florence Nightingale's contributions to modern nursing and health care

Born May 12, 1820, in Florence, Italy, to Frances Nightingale and William Shore Nightingale

Grew up in the family home in Lea Hurst in England with a classical education

Declared her calling by age 16 to serve others as a nurse

Enrolled as a nursing student at the Lutheran Hospital of Pastor Fliedner in Kaiserwerth, Germany, in 1844

Returned to London as a nurse in a Middlesex hospital for the chronically ill

Battled poor health, which has been attributed to her contracting "Crimean fever," and was bedridden by age 38 but remained an advocated for health care reform

Died at age 90 on August 13, 1910, at her home in London

Career

Improved hygiene processes after dealing with a cholera outbreak and unsanitary conditions that were conducive to rapid spread of the disease

Led a team of nurses to treat British soldiers injured during the Crimean War, which broke out in 1853

Worked tirelessly to clean up the Scutari Barrack Hospital and improve care for the soldiers with her efforts reducing the death rate by two thirds

Wrote "Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Administration of the British Army," an 830-page report analyzing her experience in Crimea and proposing reforms for hospitals

Created, with Queen Victoria's support, a Royal Commission into the health of the army by employing the country's top statisticians

Funded the establishment of St. Thomas' Hospital - with the Nightingale Training School for Nurses as part of it - with money from the Queen

Developed the "Nightingale Rose Diagram" to prove the effectiveness of the Sanitary Commission's work on decreasing the death rate

Published "Notes on Hospitals," which focused on civilian hospitals, in 1859

Served as a consultant (from afar) for the U.S. Civil War on how to best manage field hospitals for injured soldiers

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Contributions

Contributed to the development of nursing as a true profession and inspired the first professional school of nursing

Developed the modern hospital including architecture, organizational charts, medical records, infection control, patient education, and nutritional services

Invented statistical diagrams to report the first hospital epidemiological study showing how basic sanitation reduced death rates

Wrote "Notes on Nursing" which is cited as one of the most influential books in the history of health care

Changed society's view on nursing, which had been looked down on by the upper classes, as her notoriety and efforts resulted in it being considered an honorable profession

Recognitions

Was known to patients as "the Lady with Lamp" as she spent nights monitoring and helping patients by candlelight

Proclaimed passionately, "I stand at the Altar of the murdered men [Crimean War soldiers] and while I live I fight their cause."

Recognized for her work by Queen Victoria who presented her an engraved broach and granted her a prize of $250,000 from the British government

Named the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society

Awarded the merit of honor by King Edward in 1908 at the age of 88

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School of Nursing - Connecting Health Technologies

Connecting Health Technologies & Data to Improve Outcomes

The Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies provides a comprehensive approach to collaborating, testing, and integrating innovative health solutions to advance the integration of smart and connected clinical care and smart and connected health home. Click the following button to learn more about the benefits of our connected health solutions and sign up for our Connected Health Living Lab.

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Resources to advance your research

We provide nurses, doctors, researchers, and the public and scientific community access to the following resources:

Services include:
Academic-Industry collaboration on usability and clinical testing
Consultation on designing, developing, testing, and applying mobile health, telehealth, and connected health solutions
Intellectual property protection sample letters and templates
Interprofessional education curriculum on mobile and connected health
Letters of support for grant applications
Mobile devices and connected health platforms for research and health service delivery
Partners on SBIR/STTR grants
Telehealth training
Data and Digital Innovation Lab

We offer researchers a location to 1) develop and pilot test new connected technology solutions in advance of testing them in clinical or home care settings; 2) use large data from electronic health records and connected health devices to answer clinical questions.

Training and Simulation Center

We offer interprofessional education programs for students, trainees,and clinicians on connected health and telehealth technologies.

South Texas Connected Health Living Lab

We offer a large repository of data from mobile, wearable, and remote monitoring devices. We use community engagement efforts to recruit individuals, including adults with chronic conditions, seniors aging in place, and adults that speak and understand diverse languages, to share de-identified data and participate in real-world testing of innovative connected health solutions.

Clinical Collaborative

We offer an opportunity to build authentic relationships among patients, researchers and clinicians to enable the development and clinical testing of connected health solutions. Our goal is to engage the end-users as partners to design, develop, and deploy technology solutions that support clinicians’ workflow and direct integration of patient-generated health data into electronic health record systems.

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Nursing Scholarships

Explore scholarships to help pay for tuition, books, fees, seminars, workshops and more. We offer access to both need-based and merit-based scholarships.

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One Application for Over 100 Nursing Scholarships

To apply for a nursing scholarship, please make sure you meet the following requirements:

  • I filed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) for the current aid year that I'm applying for.
  • I am a matriculated student.

Once your federal or state data has been processed and loaded into the Student System, which occurs once a week, a link will appear in your Financial Aid tile, located in My Student Center, entitled “UT Health San Antonio Scholarship Application".

Applications for the The Greehey Scholars in Children's Health requires additional components to be submitted with the application.

For any further questions, please visit our frequently asked questions page regarding scholarships.

NOTE: Incoming student must wait until they have been matriculated into their program of study.

School of Nursing - Nightingale Podcast

Nightingale Podcast

About the Nightingale Podcast Series

Our Nightingale podcast series is a short series of episodes highlighting notable and famous figures in nursing who have made an impact on the nursing profession and health care delivery. This series also shares perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to nursing and health professionals, along with inspirational messages from our guest experts.

Florence Nightingale Podcast: Episode 1

Dr. Collins interviews Lynn McDonald, PhD, professor emerita of sociology at the University of Guelph in Canada and a former member of the Canadian Parliament. Dr. McDonald has written extensively on the impact of women thinkers in the 18th and 19th centuries and is a leading expert on Nightingale as director of The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. McDonald’s papers on Nightingale include 16 volumes of Nightingale’s books and other writings, including previously unpublished correspondence, which were gathered from more than 200 archives worldwide.

View The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale by Dr. Lynn McDonald

Florence Nightingale Podcast: Episode 2

Dr. Collins talks with Norma Martinez Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emeritus of nursing at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Rogers is a staunch advocate for health equity for all, particularly among underserved and marginalized communities, where health disparities are disproportionately prevalent. She is the founder and leader of the Cultural Inclusion Institute, an annual conference that focuses on racial and social justice for the most vulnerable in society, including those affected by human trafficking, child abuse and domestic violence.

Florence Nightingale Podcast: Episode 3

Dr. Collins interviews Vernell DeWitty, Vernell DeWitty, PhD, MBA, RN, a transformational leader who serves as director for diversity of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. In this post, she advises the nation’s top academic nursing leaders on building consensus and a strategic approach to diversity and inclusion. A 2014 recipient of the Mary Mahoney Award, Dr. DeWitty’s career has encompassed nursing education, practice and health care administration. She previously served as director of the Robert Wood Johnson New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program, a collaboration with the AACN, where she created and implemented strategies and resources that contributed to the academic success of underrepresented and disadvantaged students in nursing schools located in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Learn more at www.aacnnursing.org.

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The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) remain at the forefront of community health for the residents of San Antonio, Bexar County and its 38-county service area.

A new School of Public Health to serve the unique population of San Antonio and South Texas

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved plans to create a School of Public Health, a collaboration between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The new graduate school will provide academic instruction relevant to public health and serve as a focus of research activities directed toward community health problems, as it maintains and grows relationships with all entities interested in public health.

Accepting students in 2024

The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio will begin accepting students in 2024, offering advanced graduate degrees. Through its coursework, it will provide a unique public health education by integrating advanced health research, collaborating on new academic programs to serve a diverse population and building public health leaders who understand and are dedicated to finding positive interventions to mitigate our greatest public health challenges.

San Antonio, an optimal location

As the seventh-largest city in the U.S., San Antonio is a prime location for a school of public health. It is the epicenter of health care in South Texas and is the largest city in the United States without an independent school of public health.

To learn more, please contact:

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Vice President for Research
UT Health San Antonio

Institutional Advancement
Anamaria Repetti
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The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio remain at the forefront of community health for the residents of San Antonio, Bexar County and its 38-county service area.

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A new School of Public Health to serve the unique population of San Antonio and South Texas

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved plans to create a School of Public Health, a collaboration between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The new graduate school will provide academic instruction relevant to public health and serve as a focus of research activities directed toward community health problems, as it maintains and grows relationships with all entities interested in public health.

The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio will begin accepting students in 2024, offering advanced graduate degrees. Through its coursework, it will provide a unique public health education by integrating advanced health research, collaborating on new academic programs to serve a diverse population and building public health leaders who understand and are dedicated to finding positive interventions to mitigate our greatest public health challenges.

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Working Together

UT Health San Antonio and UTSA offer complementing strengths which will serve as a strong foundation to advance public health education and service to South Texas.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio remain at the forefront of community health for the residents of San Antonio, Bexar County and its 38-county service area.

Improving health outcomes for Texans

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio remain at the forefront of community health for the residents of San Antonio, Bexar County and its 38-county service area. Ensuring South Texas has a skilled workforce in all aspects of public health is critical as we seek to continue to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to building a healthier community and improving health outcomes for our communities through public health education, prevention and policy. Together, we will continue to train scientists, researchers and students who are dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of people and their communities.

A new School of Public Health to serve the unique population of San Antonio and South Texas

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved plans to create a School of Public Health, a collaboration between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The new graduate school will provide academic instruction relevant to public health and serve as a focus of research activities directed toward community health problems, as it maintains and grows relationships with all entities interested in public health.

The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio will begin accepting students in 2024, offering advanced graduate degrees. Through its coursework, it will provide a unique public health education by integrating advanced health research, collaborating on new academic programs to serve a diverse population and building public health leaders who understand and are dedicated to finding positive interventions to mitigate our greatest public health challenges.

Working together to combat community health problems and disparities in care

Building on the combined expertise of UT Health San Antonio and UTSA in data science, epidemiology and biostatistics, behavioral science, finance and business administration and implementation science, The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio will prioritize health care needs in South Texas. The area has a population of 5 million people and includes bustling urban areas, large minority communities and underserved rural areas. The new school will generate a workforce of trained public health professionals who will serve to promote the overall health of South Texans through:

  • New public policy base on science, aimed at better health outcomes;
  • Enhanced security and protection from infectious disease and environmental hazards;
  • Improved access to safe and quality care;
  • Efforts to diminish public health disparities;
  • Prospective strategic planning for future public health challenges.

This research-intensive, community-centric School of Public Health will also work to address the current and future demand for public health professionals within San Antonio and the border region.

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Our Programs

The School of Public Health will support a full complement of 400 students per year pursuing degrees including a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Health and a Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.).

Influx of talent to San Antonio

By 2024, approximately 100 new jobs will be added specifically to support The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio. This includes both faculty and administrative positions to support the academic and research missions, which are estimated to generate research-related activity at least $20 million per year.

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The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio will begin accepting students in 2024, offering advanced graduate degrees.

We will begin accepting students in 2024!

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved plans to create a School of Public Health, a collaboration between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The new graduate school will provide academic instruction relevant to public health and serve as a focus of research activities directed toward community health problems, as it maintains and grows relationships with all entities interested in public health.

The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio will begin accepting students in 2024, offering advanced graduate degrees. Through its coursework, it will provide a unique public health education by integrating advanced health research, collaborating on new academic programs to serve a diverse population and building public health leaders who understand and are dedicated to finding positive interventions to mitigate our greatest public health challenges.

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Research

This research-intensive, community-centric School of Public Health will also work to address the current and future demand for public health professionals within San Antonio and the border region.

A strong foundation of serving public health needs

UT Health San Antonio and UTSA offer complementing strengths which will serve as a strong foundation to advance public health education and service to South Texas.

Both institutions share a rich and collaborative history in meeting the unique health needs of the region’s diverse population. These include:

  • Federal designation as Hispanic-serving Institutions by the U.S. Department of Education;
  • Established joint programs including a Ph.D. in translational science, Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and a dual degree program in medicine and public health M.D./M.P.H.;
  • A robust undergraduate public health degree program;
  • Demonstrated history of collaboration in research with the National Institutes of Health, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, the Center for Innovative Drug Discovery, the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, and the San Antonio Partnership for Precision Therapeutics.

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Our mission

The mission of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to make lives better through excellence in education, research, health care and community engagement.

Strategies for achieving this mission are:

  • Educating a diverse student body to become excellent health care providers and scientists.
  • Engaging in research to understand health and disease.
  • Commercializing discoveries, as appropriate, to benefit the public.
  • Providing compassionate and culturally proficient health care.
  • Engaging our community to improve health.
  • Influencing thoughtful advances in health policy.

Approved by: The University of Texas System Board of Regents, November 10, 2011
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, April 25, 2012

Our vision

To be a world-class academic health center transforming health and health care for a diverse society.

Core values

To achieve our mission, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is committed to:

  • Accountability – We are committed to responsible and transparent stewardship of University resources.
  • Diversity – We strive for inclusivity across the University.
  • Excellence – We continue to strive for excellence through creativity, innovation and dedication.
  • Innovation – We discover, create, develop and measure new, exciting and effective methods of education or pedagogy, research and clinical care.
  • Integrity – We are truthful, equitable, and committed to intellectual honesty.
  • Professionalism – We will maintain the highest standards of professionalism through ethical behavior, lifelong learning, and respect for all members of the University.
  • Teamwork and Collaboration – We support each other and promote interprofessional collaboration.
  • Tradition – We learn from our history, create an optimistic future and promote the unique nature of the Health Science Center environment.

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7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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Uncompensated Care includes the residual unreimbursed costs for the uninsured (those with no source of third party insurance) and the underinsured (those with insurance who after contractual adjustment and third party payments have a responsibility to pay for an amount they are unable to pay). Uncompensated care also includes the unreimbursed cost from governmental sponsored health programs. The Health Science Center converts gross charges for uncompensated care to cost by relating them to the Medicare fee schedule on an aggregate weighted average basis. The institution recognizes payments from patients, government sponsored programs (Medicare, Medicaid and local government programs) and other appropriate lump sums, including any amounts received from Upper Payment Limit, as funding available to offset costs.

Year Amount
2017 $7.3
2018 $8.1
2019 $9.7
2020 $12.1
2021 $16.5

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External Reporting

The Office of Budget and Financial Planning is responsible for reviewing all reports that contain official institutional information distributed to external organizations and agencies prior to their release. We maintain a central repository database of all external reports and data to ensure that data is correct and consistently reported to various parties. Also, the reporting definitions of data will be maintained centrally in the event the reporting criteria and calculations are different between agencies.

We provide historical and official data that is reported to the State of Texas and The University of Texas System. The data is reported at a point in time, and to maintain consistency in reporting numbers to external organizations, we recommend that the data be reported based on these time periods unless otherwise required for regulatory purposes.

Submitting reports

Please submit any external reports, surveys and other request for data verification to Ginny Gomez-Leon in the Office of Budget and Financial Planning at leongl@uthscsa.edu for approval prior to release.

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San Antonio, TX 78226
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2021 Budget $217.1 $468.6 $171.9 $67.5 $75.3
2021 Actual $222.4 $493.9 $199.4 $66.8 $89.9
2022 Budget $225.4 $529.9 $185.9 $70.9 $83.1
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Institutional strategic plan

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) is a comprehensive and leading academic center in South Texas. Because of the efforts of the faculty, staff and students and our community partners, collaborations and partnerships are essential to our success. Our ambition is for UT Health San Antonio to be recognized among the elite academic health centers in the world to transform health and health care for a diverse society.

We have achieved important milestones through the implementation of our 2013–2017 strategic plan. We have a strong foundation of success upon which to grow, as evidenced by our vibrant community, faculty, staff and students. The Strategic Plan outlined herein for fiscal years 2018-2022 serves as a compass for us to continue to build upon our success. It provides a plan of action while requiring ongoing assessments of progress.

With your continuing support, we will reach our goals in all of the mission areas: education, research, health care, community engagement and a culture of excellence. Thank you for traveling on this exciting journey with us.

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Strategic Planning & Business Development

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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Research

Organized Research Awards
Year Award
2018 $104,147,672
2019 $125,787,157
2020 $122,082,076
2021 $143,917,828

Organized Research Expenditures
Year Award
2018 $96,269,426
2019 $103,225,411
2020 $110,816,173
2021 $118,049,358

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7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio collaborates with industry partners to commercialize intellectual property and other technologies developed by University researchers. Partnerships include entrepreneurs, angel investors, technology incubators, venture capital firm, larger enterprises, and others within the commercialization ecosystem. Technology Transfer statistics relating to the most recently closed fiscal year become available after they are reported to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) each April.

Gross Revenue from Intellectual Property
Year Award
2016 $0.7
2017 $5.1
2018 $0.6
2019 $1.3
2020 $0.5
New Invention Disclosures
Year Disclosures
2016 64
2017 59
2018 61
2019 71
2020 64
U.S. Patents Issued
Year Patents
2016 10
2017 12
2018 16
2019 19
2020 11
Revenue Bearing Agreements
Year Agreements
2015 66
2016 69
2017 74
2018 56
2019 68
Start-up Companies Formed
Year Companies
2016 1
2017 3
2018 5
2019 4
2020 3

UT Health San Antonio

Office of Strategic Planning & Business Development

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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The Office of Strategic Planning & Business Development is part of the President’s Office and reports to the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Patrick M. Kaminski, MBA
Associate Vice President
210-450-5374
kaminskip@uthscsa.edu

Eduardo Gomez, MBA, MSc
Director, Strategic Intelligence
210-450-3873
gomeze5@uthscsa.edu

Nicholas Del Valle, MS
Senior Manager
210-567-7112
delvallen@uthscsa.edu

Dan Elinskas, MBA, MSN, RN
Project Manager, Inpatient Facility
210-450-8646
elinskas@uthscsa.edu

Silvia Geedman
Assistant to the VP
210-567-2041
geedman@uthscsa.edu

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Student-Run Free Clinic Program

The Student-Run Free Clinic Program (Student Faculty Collaborative Practices) is a collaborative effort of medical, nursing, dental, dental hygiene, PA students, residents, and faculty from UT Health San Antonio in partnership with several community partners.

Our clinics

Our clinics serve as a unique educational setting where students learn from their peers, mentors and their patients. Health science students & residents gain vital experience in primary care, public health, community service, and administration of health care while giving to others. The care provided to the community is greatly needed and warmly appreciated.

Weekly clinics are provided at Alpha Home, SAMM Transitional Living & Learning Center, the San Antonio Refugee Clinic and Haven for Hope. Clinics occur every 2 weeks at Travis Park for Dermatology and monthly at the Pride Clinic. Students can sign up for upcoming clinic dates & times, under the Clinic Calendars link.

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Clinics

Our Clinics

Example - Pride Clinic

Pride Community Clinic

Pride Community Clinic (PCC) is a Student Faculty and Collaborative Practice that, as an extension of the Alamo Area Resource Center LGBT Health Equity Clinic, aspires to create an environment that eliminates barriers to gender and sexual minority healthcare access. The PCC offers primary care for the underserved lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer population of San Antonio, and also provides linkages to vital mental health, sexual health, and substance abuse services. The PCC further aims to expose interdisciplinary UT Health San Antonio student volunteers to the medical needs, social concerns, and unique experiences of this population, while propelling relevant education, research, and advocacy for equitable healthcare. The PCC typically operates the first Wednesday of each month from 5-8 pm.

Services

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Student Volunteers

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Example - Refugee Clinic

Refugee Health Clinic


San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic (SARHC) is a joint effort between dental, medical, nursing, and other health profession students with our experienced faculty from the University of Texas Health San Antonio. SARHC is an acute care clinic developed to address the health and social needs of over 1,300 immigrant refugees living in the northwest region of San Antonio. Initially, displaced families are supported by local and state efforts during the first six months of their relocation after which they are minimally supported through subsidized housing. The primary goal of this clinic is to serve as an initial trustworthy location for refugees to overcome their inhibitions and adequately address their health care and social needs.

The clinic is held every Wednesday and is located at the St. Francis Episcopal Church where our refugees receive quality care and attention. A central aspect of the clinic is the education and collaboration that occurs between patients and students. Through our educational workshops refugee families learn about sanitation and available health care options. Through organizing and managing the clinic, students of all levels of education learn valuable lessons in service, communication, and resourcefulness through an irreplaceable interdisciplinary approach to care.

Services

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  • Cotton candy jujubes
  • Marzipan macaroon pie gingerbread chupa chups
  • Cheesecake gummies
  • Chocolate cake tiramisu toffee sesame snaps
  • Sesame snaps

Student Volunteers

Please note that the cancellation policy for student volunteers is as follows: we understand things happen and situations come up. However, it is very difficult to provide the best care for these families short-handed, which is why we enforce a strict cancellation policy. You may cancel your volunteer session so long as you do so > 48 hours prior to your scheduled shift. Should you decide to cancel after the 48 hour period, you MUST find a replacement and notify the nursing student leader as soon as possible. Failure to comply will place you on one month probation from ALL CLINICS.

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Medical Student Leaders & Coordinators

Nursing Student Leader & Coordinator

Katrina Lopez
lopezk1@livemail.uthscsa.edu
210-849-2112

Course Electives

Course Electives

INTD 4015: Humanism in Medicine Fellowship

This is a longitudinal 4th-year elective to support and nourish the inherent altruism of our students. This fellowship brings together like-minded students and faculty who have a passion for caring for the medically underserved in our community. The students will take a leadership role in managing and directing the Student Faculty Collaborative Practices. Clinical experiences will be at these clinics. There are monthly seminars in which students and faculty meet to discuss their experiences and projects in the clinics.

ELEC 5041: Homelessness, Addiction, and How to Better Care for Patients

This longitudinal elective spans the whole academic year. This course is for First- and Second-Year students with a special interest in learning about issues of homelessness and addiction, and how these relate to the provision of healthcare to underserved and vulnerable populations. Students work in our Student Faculty Collaborative Practices throughout the year. Completion results in this course being listed on your transcript.

ENGAGED

ENGAGED

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ENGAGED

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Tootsie roll gummies tart liquorice topping. Candy carrot cake carrot cake pastry oat cake muffin. Sweet roll jelly beans chupa chups chupa chups pastry gingerbread caramels. Croissant candy canes cheesecake liquorice bear claw. Sugar plum dragée topping jelly bonbon. Chocolate cake sweet fruitcake jujubes gingerbread marshmallow icing marzipan.

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Make a difference

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Donate

How your contribution helps

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Patient or Student testimonial

Faculty

Faculty

Alpha Home Clinic

Richard Usatine, MD
Primary Care Clinic Director

Elizabeth Casiano Evans, MD
Women's Clinic Director

Mike Geelhoed, DPT
Physical Therapy Director

Zeeshan Afzal, MD

Julie Barnett, DPT

Catherine Cordova, DPT

Tatiana Cordova

Maria Montanez, MD

Catherine Ortega, DPT

Haven for Hope Clinic

Richard Usatine, MD
Primary Care Clinic Director

Zeeshan Afzal, MD

Pride Clinic

Sean Garcia, MD
Primary Care Clinic Director

Peter Guarnero, RN, PhD
Nursing Clinic Director

Cindy Sickora, RN
Nursing Clinic Director

Elizabeth Bowhay, MD

Delia Bullock, MD

SAMMinistries Clinic

Nida Joy Emko, MD
Primary Care Clinic Director

Kirk Evoy, PharmD
Pharmacy Clinic Director

Adriana Green, DDS
Dental Clinic Director

Tatiana Cordova

Laurie Greenberg, MD

Anthony Infante, MD

Tharani Ravi, MD

Kurt Winkler, PharmD

San Antonio Refugee Health Center

Browning Wayman, MD
Primary Care Clinic Director

Ruth Grubesic, MD
Nursing Clinic Director

Moshtagh Farokhi, DDS
Dental Clinic Director

Jordan Abel, MD

Priti-Mody Bailey, MD

Sean Cook, MD

Nelson Kester, MD

Nurani Kester, MD

Rebekah Salt, RN PhD

Alexander Shepard, MD

Heidi Worabo, RN NP

Travis Park Clinic

John Browning, MD
Primary Care Clinic Director

Margaret Brown, MD

John Martin, MD

Aman Sandhu, MD

Allison Stocker, MD

Student Services

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Please use the link below to access the student portal. You will be able to register for classes, accept financial aid and pay bills.

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UT Health San Antonio Veteran and Active Military Student Resources

On behalf of UT Health San Antonio, we thank you for your service and commitment to our country and appreciate you choosing our institution as the place to further your education.

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Ben Rivers, Veteran’s Advocate.

As UT Health San Antonio’s veteran advocate, Ben Rivers advocates for all student veterans, active military, reservists and their family members. He represents the interests of our student veterans and active military service members and provides assistance with any possible issue relating to being a student at UT Health San Antonio or living in San Antonio. As a regular attendee of the Veterans Affairs WAVES conferences, and in conjunction with UT System’s Veteran Task Force, Mr. Rivers remains current with issues facing veterans and shares that knowledge with our veterans as well as other offices at UT Health San Antonio that work with veterans such as the Bursar’s office or Veteran Services & Financial Aid.

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Degrees and Certificates Offered

You can find additional information on specific programs, degrees and certificates, deadlines and required documents below.

APPLY to the program of your choice below.

Any required supplemental documents should be sent directly to The Office of the University Registrar. The mailing address is:

Office of the University Registrar
UT Health San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Dr. MC 7702
San Antonio, TX
78229-3900

For information on the Cost of Attendance and Financial Aid, click here.

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We educate the next generation of health professionals, discover new ways to cure diseases and provide our patients with the most advanced treatments available. And we do it all to improve health care for you and everyone in South Texas.

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UT Health San Antonio's History

Two-grain silos and a hundred-acre dairy farm have been miraculously transformed over the past few decades to a Health Science Center of international renown. In 1959 Gov. Price Daniel signed House Bill 9, creating the South Texas Medical School. Six years later, the Joe J. Nix Dairy Farm, a wide expanse of grazing land, cattle pens, milking barns and silos to store cattle feed, was conveyed to the State of Texas to build a School of Medicine. On July 12, 1968, The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio (which had been renamed in 1967) and Bexar County Teaching Hospital (now University Health) was dedicated. Other schools were added in succeeding years, and in 1972 the institution's name officially became The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Today, UT Health San Antonio is a vital part of San Antonio's $42.4 billion health care and bioscience industry. The university graduates approximately 200 physicians, 400 nurses, 100 dentists, 400 health professionals in other fields, and 100 scientists each year. Additionally, the health science center provides a vast amount of continuing medical and dental education, affords 2 million patient visits each year, and covers approximately $501 million of gross charges annually foruncompensated health care services.

Background

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities. The annual operating budget for FY 2021 is $987.3 million. The university’s schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health professions and graduate biomedical sciences have produced more than 39,700 graduates. Designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic-serving Institution, UT Health San Antonio consistently ranks among the top schools in the nation for graduating Hispanic health care providers.

Purpose

The purpose of UT Health San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat and prevent disease.

Facts at a Glance

  • Established 1959, doors opened 1968
  • President: William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP
  • Fall 2020 enrollment: 3,439 plus 983 residents and post-graduate trainees
  • Total graduates: 39,700
  • Total faculty: 1,771
  • Total workforce: 6,967
  • FY21 operating expense budget: $1.004 billion; FY 21 annual operating budget: 987.3 million
  • Budget coming from state appropriations: 24 percent
  • Among the top-ranked institutions in Texas for aging research funding from the National Institute on Aging
  • Endowments: approximately $662.6 million (FY 20)
  • Annual research awards and sponsored program activity: $309 million (FY 21)
  • Chief catalyst for the $42.4 billion biosciences and health care industry in San Antonio
  • National Academy of Medicine members: 8
  • Supports 2 million patient visits each year through 800 providers in 100 medical specialties and subspecialties

Continuing Education

CME

Staying connected through professional development

With classes to expand your skills and meet licensing requirements, we offer lifelong learning to UT Health San Antonio graduates and other health professionals.

Continuing Dental Education

Courses offered in locales across the United States and abroad, as well as online continuing education.

Continuing Medical Education

Accredited grand rounds, online courses and a course catalog with a variety of continuing medical education classes offered throughout the year are available.

Continuing Nursing Education

The Department of Lifelong Learning offers continuing education opportunities through conferences and other training to prove continuing competency for relicensure.

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About San Antonio

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San Antonio, Texas

29.4241° N, 98.4936° W

A City Rich in History and Culture

San Antonio is a modern, vibrant city, rich in heritage with colorful personality forged across three centuries. Its unique mixture of native Mexican, German and Spanish influence is noticeable in the city's distinctive architecture, music, arts, and cuisine.

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Why San Antonio?

Home to the Spurs, the Alamo and 1.5 million people, San Antonio is a rapidly growing city with a rich culture. It is ranked the 7th largest city in the country and in 2017, was noted for having highest population growth in the country. Close access to Texas' Hill Country makes San Antonio a booming metropolitan area filled with sights to see and friends to make.

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Making the Move

A picturesque city with a relaxed atmosphere, San Antonio offers an affordable housing market with a growing economy. With no income taxes in Texas, the cost of living relatively low. The city has a low unemployment rate with annual job growth of 3 percent. Despite its rapid expansion, traffic in San Antonio is modest compared to other cities in Texas.

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We Make Lives Better

We serve patients in San Antonio and South Texas. Our health care professionals serve in more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities across San Antonio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. More than 3,000 students, researchers and post-doctoral students from around the world come to the UT Health San Antonio to study, research and discover new breakthroughs.

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UT Health is a dynamic and rapidly expanding health science center with five professional schools (medicine, nursing, dentistry, health professions and graduate school of biomedical sciences) with missions of education, clinical care, research and community service. With a budget of nearly one billion dollars, a work force of 7,100 and a research portfolio of approximately $300 million, UT Health is quickly rising in prominence among academic medical centers in the United States.

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A Story of Discovery

Ours is a story of discovery, vision and commitment. We engage our minds and talents, and give from our hearts, to help and heal. We touch the lives of thousands, to serve those in need, close to home and across the globe. And, through it all, our strength is born through a shared commitment to make lives better.

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UT Health is a dynamic and rapidly expanding health science center with five professional schools (medicine, nursing, dentistry, health professions and graduate school of biomedical sciences) with missions of education, clinical care, research and community service. With a budget of nearly one billion dollars, a work force of 7,100 and a research portfolio of approximately $300 million, UT Health is quickly rising in prominence among academic medical centers in the United States.

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A Story of Discovery

Ours is a story of discovery, vision and commitment. We engage our minds and talents, and give from our hearts, to help and heal. We touch the lives of thousands, to serve those in need, close to home and across the globe. And, through it all, our strength is born through a shared commitment to make lives better.

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Welcome to UT Dentistry

We are the region’s most comprehensive dental care practice offering routine and advanced oral health care across all dental specialties for patients of every age. Our patients receive care from experienced dentists, renowned specialists, advanced graduate residents or dental students overseen by faculty of our top-ranked School of Dentistry.

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Student Clinic

Students in the School of Dentistry, under the close supervision of faculty members, offer dental services at a discounted price.

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General Dentistry and Specialty Clinics

Staffed by licensed dentists who are also on faculty at the School of Dentistry.

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Geriatric and Special Care Clinics

Staffed by licensed dentists who are also on faculty at the School of Dentistry.

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Multiple practices providing dental care

Because our practices are staffed by dentists on the School of Dentistry faculty, advanced graduate residents and dental students working under supervision, we're able to offer a large number of specialty services at numerous practices. Our dental care patients are given the personalized care and attention they expect in our new world class facility.

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To learn more about our services, please visit our practice directory. Patients are also welcome to contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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It has been a real pleasure being taken care of at UT Dentistry. The doctors, faculty and staff have been really nice and supporting. The care and treatment I have received here has been wonderful and life-changing.

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Have a dental emergency?

Appointments are scheduled during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Seek immediate treatment at the nearest emergency room or call 9-1-1 if your symptoms are life-threatening, such as:

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My experience at UT Dentistry was life-changing. Everyone there knew exactly what they were supposed to do and did everything they could to get me to my desired goal. I would recommend this place to anyone.

Nichole Lehman (Orthodontics Clinic patient)

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With dental providers ranging from pre-doctoral students to faculty who provide expert care to the general public, dental care from UT Dentistry is offered in numerous settings throughout South Texas.

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Our dentists

Ready to make an appointment? Do you already know the name of the dentist you'd like to see? We can help you find the service you need.

Quality assurance

Dental care provided by our students and residents are closely supervised by professional dentists who also teach at the university. Working together, we aim to provide the best of care for every smile.

Our Locations

Find out where all UT Health San Antonio Dentistry clinics are located.

Dental Education Outreach Network (DEON)

DEON is a Community-Based Dental Training Programs. Through the Dental Education Outreach Network (DEON), consisting of affiliated training sites, community-based training is provided under the supervision of dental school faculty/adjunct faculty in a variety of areas: primary care, hospital-based care, oral surgery care, alternative dental care delivery (mobile van/portable equipment) programs, preventive dentistry, special patient care, and school-based programs.

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All dental care in one convenient location. From general dentistry to advanced dental care, UT Dentistry provides expert care in one location with all dental specialties available to provide comprehensive care. At UT Dentistry, patients have the choice to receive dental care by students, advanced graduate residents, or faculty from the nationally recognized School of Dentistry.

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  1. Our practice is open and safely seeing patients in person.
  2. We are taking many precautions to keep you protected when you visit us. Learn more about our precautions
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Locations

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Our Locations

Basic and specialty dental care in the heart of San Antonio's medical hub.

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Our Practices

The majority of our practices are located at 8210 Floyd Curl Drive, in the heart of San Antonio’s Medical Center district, with satellite and mobile clinics available throughout southwest Texas.

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Center for Oral Health Care & Research

The Center for Oral Health Care & Research has 200 operatories in its predoctoral clinics. We offer multiple specialty practices, including pediatric dentistry, geriatric and special-need dentistry and endodontics.

The four-story clinical space, located next to UT Health’s Medical Arts & Research Center (The MARC), is the location for dental clinical education and patient care for the School of Dentistry at UT Health San Antonio.

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Student Clinic

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Student Clinic

Students in the School of Dentistry, under the close supervision of dental school faculty members, offer dental services at a discounted price in exchange for an extra investment of your time.

Request Screening Appointment

Students in the School of Dentistry, under the close supervision of dental school faculty members, offer dental services at a discounted price in exchange for an extra investment of your time. You don’t have to be part of the UT System or meet any other qualifications to become a patient at our San Antonio teaching practice, but know that the services and hours at our practice are limited based on the schedules and learning goals of our student dentists.

If you choose our practice, you will first go through a screening appointment at one of our student pre-doctoral practice groups. We perform services based on the types of skills our students are building in training year and each practice. So if your dental needs (an abscessed tooth that needs tooth extraction, a canker sore that will not heal, or a cavity that needs to be filled, for example) match the types of services we are able to provide, you’ll receive care and a follow-up appointment so that your recovery progress is monitored. If your dental needs require specialty care, our practice can refer you to another practice at UT Health Dentistry.

Appointments

Before you can obtain an appointment for treatment in our student clinics, you must first have a Screening appointment beginning with completing a screening form. You'll be evaluated during this visit. You will be informed of your potential qualifications and receive a call for an appointment to complete procedures if your dental needs can be served by our practice.

If you only need a tooth extraction at this time, please call the Student Oral Surgery Extraction Clinic at 210-450-3140.

The Student Clinics observe most national holidays as well as additional days for mid-year holiday, Spring Break, and Summer break and are closed during these times.

Our Staff

Our practice is staffed by School of Dentistry students who are gaining practical experience performing procedures. Student dentists are closely supervised by School of Dentistry faculty.

Payments & Insurance

A non-refundable fee is charged for a screening appointment. Payment for procedures is expected at the time of service. If you are accepted as a patient, fees can be paid by cash, check or credit card.

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Location

Predoctoral General Practice Groups located on the 3rd & 4th floors, Center for Oral Health Care & Research, 8210 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229

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Navigating the Research Lifecycle

Office of the Vice President for Research

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides resources and services to support researchers throughout the "lifecycle" of the research. Our aim is to foster a research culture that drives innovation, collaboration and recognition of our researchers.​​​​​

Where do I start?

We're with you at every stage of the research lifecycle

For experienced researchers, you may find the Quicklinks at the top right corner of the screen helpful. Quicklinks offer shortcuts to get to specific pages within the website.

Visit our Research Learning Library for information about training you may need to complete before you conduct human research at UT Health SA. Information for animal researchers and self-service educational resources will be coming soon.

STEP 1: Grant & Protocol Development Stage

Topics useful when developing your research ideas into a written document. The protocol describes the background, rationale, purpose and objectives, design, methods, and data analysis plan.

STEP 2: Logistics & Planning for your Finalized Protocol Stage

Once the detailed study plan is finalized, you are ready to plan for the resources that will be needed, identify service providers, develop a study budget and plan for recruiting and protecting human participants or obtaining animals.

STEP 3: Approval Stage

How to navigate the approval process according on the type of research you are planning.

STEP 4: Initiation Stage

Advice on starting your study once you receive necessary approvals.

STEP 5: Management Stage

Tasks and activities commonly performed after initial approval but before closing the study.

Accreditations

Accredited with AAALAC

A Full Accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. (AAHRPP)

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STEP 1: Grant & Protocol Development

Topics useful when developing your research ideas into a written document. The protocol describes the background, rationale, purpose and objectives, design, methods, and data analysis plan.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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Close Out / Completion / Transfer / Departure. Comprehensive guidance on stopping research activity at UT Health San Antonio.

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Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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The Animal Study Lifecycle

Closing Out Your Animal Study

  • Inactivating your Animal Protocol

    Inactivation of a UTHSA IACUC protocol must be submitted using the ORCA progress report. Select "inactivate" on the first item of the progress report.

    Lean more about ORCA Progress Report.

  • Animal Disposition - Euthanasia

    Rodent Euthanasia

    Costs for euthanasia and disposal of rodents are included in the rodent per diem fees.

    Complete the Euthanasia Request form and placed it on each cage designated for euthanasia. DLAR personnel will locate the cages and provide the service. The RFID cage card will be deactivated by DLAR.

    Non-Rodent Euthanasia

    Is performed by DLAR personnel upon request. Contact the DLAR technicians at VetTech@uthscsa.edu for scheduling and costs.

  • Housing Closeout

    When animals are euthanized, transferred to another protocol, or removed the RFID cage card must be returned to DLAR for deactivation to remove the associated cage from the protocol charge list. The RFID cage card should be turned in to DLAR using the cage card collection drop boxes located in each animal facility unless otherwise noted.

  • Animal Disposition - Euthanasia

    Rodent Euthanasia

    Costs for euthanasia and disposal of rodents are included in the rodent per diem fees.

    Complete the Euthanasia Request form and placed it on each cage designated for euthanasia. DLAR personnel will locate the cages and provide the service. The RFID cage card will be deactivated by DLAR.

    Non-Rodent Euthanasia

    Is performed by DLAR personnel upon request. Contact the DLAR technicians at VetTech@uthscsa.edu for scheduling and costs.

  • Animal Disposition - Transfer

    Removal of animals from the protocol may also be completed by transfer to another internal protocol or transfer to an external entity.

    The DLAR animal internal and external transfer forms are available on ORCA.

    To submit an ORCA transfer request you must be the PI, Co-PI, or a Delegate.

    Transfer Options Available:

    Protocol Transfer (Internal) - Transfer animals from one protocol to another protocol External Transfer – Transfer animals to an external Institute/University

    Learn more about ORCA Animal Transfers & Relocation for further guidance on submitting Animal transfers.

  • Housing Closeout

    When animals are euthanized, transferred to another protocol, or removed the RFID cage card must be returned to DLAR for deactivation to remove the associated cage from the protocol charge list. The RFID cage card should be turned in to DLAR using the cage card collection drop boxes located in each animal facility unless otherwise noted.

  • Records Retention

    Good records are essential for verifying the quality of study data produced and demonstrating investigator compliance with regulations, laws and institutional policies. UTHSA investigators must retain research records in accordance with federal, institutional, and sponsor requirements. The regulatory mandate for records retention depends upon which regulations are applicable to the research. For some documents UTHSA requires much longer retention than some federal requirements. Investigators must comply with all applicable requirements.

    More information on the institution’s records retention policy may be found here: UT Health Records Management.

  • Research Data Ownership

    Researchers may request permission to take original research data when leaving the university​. To do so please contact Melanie Zuñiga Rapp at zunigam5@uthscsa.edu or 210-562-6838.

    ​HOP 7.10.1 provides research data definitions, obligations to retain, archive and make data available for collaboration. The policy summarizes other regulations, policies, agreements and circumstances that impact research data retention and access.

    Learn more about other research data retention and access rules​.

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OIACP: IACP@uthscsa.edu; 210-567-8260

DLAR: LAR@uthscsa.edu; 210-567-6166

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Office of the Vice President for Research

UT Health San Antonio provides researchers with access to resources and facilities with advanced technologies that support projects from beginning to end.

Research and Discovery

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides access to resources and services to support researchers throughout the conduct of research and discovery. Our aim is to foster a research culture that drives innovation, collaboration and recognition of our researchers.

Our Research Lifecycle

Leading the Field

Our researchers conduct basic research with the goal of taking their research through the translational process and putting discoveries into practice. In many cases, research is disseminated into clinical studies on diseases, disorders and conditions to improve the health and wellness of a range of patient populations, including historically underrepresented Hispanic minorities.

Promoting Collaboration

UT Health San Antonio promotes collaboration in research through interdisciplinary resources and our institutes and centers. Learn more about our collaboration opportunities by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@uthscsa.edu.

$205M

Research Expenditures in 2021

356

Faculty with Extramural Grants in 2021

$143.9M

Organized Research Awards All Sponsors in 2021

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Our Leadership Team

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides resources and infrastructure for research conducted across UT Health San Antonio, UT System and other research partners.

VPR Leadership

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH

Vice President for Research

Jennifer Sharpe Potter, PhD, MPH, is Vice President for Research and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UT Health San Antonio. In her capacity as Vice President for Research, she oversees multiple complex organizational units reporting to the VPR including Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR); Institutional Core Facilities (ICF); Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA); and the Research Protection Programs consisting of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care Program (IACP), Clinical Trials Office (CTO), Office of Clinical Research (OCR) and Conflict of Interest (COI).

Dr. Potter is a national expert in substance use disorders with particular emphasis on increasing access to evidence-based treatment for opioid and other substance use disorders. Dr. Potter’s NIH-funded research focuses on the design and conduct of behavioral and pharmacological treatments for substance use disorder with a recent emphasis on technology-based treatments for opioids and stimulants. Dr. Potter is a recognized Principal Investigator with the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network (CTN).

In addition to her NIH research, Dr. Potter is leading strategic public health initiatives funded by Texas Health and Human Service (HHS) with the goal to increase access to substance use disorder treatment for Texans. In 2020, the program expanded in response to an uptick created by the COVID-19 pandemic to offer additional support for people seeking assistance for problematic substance use and substance use disorder.

Other statewide programs funded by HHS include an outpatient opioid use disorder provider treatment network, a peer recovery support network, a virtual provider clinical to service underserved areas, a hospital-based addiction treatment initiation and professional development for health care providers treating opioid use disorder.

Prior to joining the health science center in 2008, Dr. Potter was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. Dr. Potter holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia and a Master of Public Health degree from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.


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Sunil Ahuja, MD

Director, Research Enhancement Programs

Sunil Ahuja, MD oversees activities related to enhancing and facilitating the research programs of investigators and their funding via peer-reviewed and mentoring programs such as GrantSeekers 2.0, the Researcher’s Enhancement Program, and the Collaborative Research Program.


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Jason Bates, MBA

Director, Clinical Trials Office

Jason Bates, MBA, is the Director of the Clinical Trials Office at UT Health San Antonio. Mr. Bates’ primary role is focused on research operations and financial management. Mr. Bates has experience in research, including: regulatory, operations and financial management of phase II-IV clinical research trials.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

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Funding

Funding

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio provides an individualized, diverse and multidisciplinary learning environment for students to develop the knowledge, skills and creativity necessary to succeed in the evolving biomedical disciplines.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Collaborations

Collaborations

For over five decades, UT Health San Antonio has built a track record of strong research partnerships and collaboration leading to innovation and discovery impacting the health and wellness of Texans and beyond.

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Network of Partners

Our partnership network includes centers and institutes housed on campus at UT Health San Antonio, health care systems, lifesciences industry and military involved in basic and applied research.

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Collaborative Partnership

UT Health San Antonio, located in Military City, U.S.A., has a rich history of research collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs leading to publications in top peer-reviewed journals with global impact. Research partnerships are ground zero for discovery leading to better patient care and outcomes for both active and civilian patients. UT Health San Antonio recognizes the power of partnership and collaboration in research as we seek new knowledge about treatments, cures, and discoveries. Find out more about our collaboration opportunities by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Research at 210-567-3720 or vpr@uthscsa.edu.

For industry relations, contact the Assistant Vice President for the Office of Technology Commercialization, John Gebhard, Ph.D. at gebhard@uthscsa.edu or 210-562-4034.

Healthcare Partners

UT Health San Antonio’s extensive partnerships enable our researchers to access clinical settings outside of UT Health San Antonio. We take our research from bench to bedside through partnerships with:

Lifesciences Partners

UT Health San Antonio has works partners with several other institutions and organizations that operate in the lifesciences biosphere including:

Military Partners

Our Military Health Institute facilitates increased collaboration between our university, the US Military, the Veterans Administration, other university partners, and industry to improve the health and resiliency of our nation’s military service members, veterans and their families – a partnership found nowhere else in Texas.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Clinical Trials

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Clinical Trials

For Investigators, Industry, & Government Entities

Considering UT Health San Antonio for a clinical trial site? Complete the clinical trials online form (will take 5 - 8 minutes) to start the conversation with one of our navigators.

Clinical Trial Portal

Why partner with us?

  • UT Health Physicians have over 100 specialties and subspecialties with 1.6 million patient visits per year at 16 clinics.
  • The Mays Cancer Center is home to the world-renowned Institute for Drug Development (IDD) where many of the most commonly used FDA-approved anticancer drugs were developed. At any given time, the IDD is testing as many as 60 new drugs and drug combinations and has over 180 clinical trials open for patient enrollment.
  • UT Dentistry offers 9 specialty clinics staffed by more than 100 faculty experts.
  • For over a decade, the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has recognized the ethical and effcient operations of our clinical research program.
  • As a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hub, we emphasize the importance of accelerating the research process to translate scientific discovery and offer a master IRB reliance agreement through a SMART IRB platform expediting the regulatory approval process for multisite studies.
  • San Antonio is the largest minority-majority city in the United States and is home to 7 military installations comprising a large active-duty and retired military population with unique needs.
  • Through multi-modal strategies, we aim to bring more awareness to our communities about their role in clinical trials.

Our Research Enterprise

Contact Us

Clinical Trials Office (CTO)
Jason Bates, MBA
210-450-8532
vprcto@uthscsa.edu

Mays Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office
Cindy McKeown, RN, BSN, MPA
210-450-1286
ctofinance@uthscsa

$6,638,575

industry clinical trial revenue in 2020

Over 170

actively recruiting cancer trials

20

institutes and centers with diverse research specialities

Innovation Highlight

COVID-19 Vaccine Study Site

Dr. Barbara Taylor is leading a COVID-19 research team conducting a clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine to see if it helps prevent COVID-19.

Advancing Commercialization

Collaborating to produce low-cost ventilators

UT Health San Antonio researchers are collaborating with a team from The University of Texas at Austin to build a new type of ventilator made of inexpensive, widely available materials to help fill the demand created by the spread of COVID-19 for these critical devices that help patients breathe.

Robert J. Chilton

“UT Health San Antonio cardiologists have led pinnacle studies that changed the standard of care for patients. Findings from the multi-site study, COURAGE, remain the gold standard treatment used for patients, worldwide. Our team is proud to lead trials at the South Texas Veteran’s Audie Murphy Hospital, a proven national leader in patient recruitment and retention.”

Robert J. Chilton, D.O., associate professor of medicine and director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Core Labs

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Core Laboratories

Our core labs and facilities, led by internationally recognized faculty advisors and expert technical staff, are ground zero for scientists and collaborators across the globe. We offer support services and cutting-edge technologies to advance basic and translational research.

Institutional Core Labs

The institutional core labs provide researchers with access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and consultation, including access to advanced research technologies. Detailed information on equipment and fees is available in the iLabs portal or contact the Institutional Core Labs Director, Dr. Ramiro Ramirez-Solis at ramirezsolis@uthscsa for any questions.

Bioanalytics & Single-cell

Provides standardized, high-quality services to support translational research, including pre-analytical biospecimen single-cell processing and isolation procedures, as well as analytical technologies.

Biospecimen and Translational Genomics

The Biospecimen and Translational Genomics Core provides services in the areas of collection and banking of biological specimens, including assistance with regulatory document preparation and consenting, tissue processing for histology, DNA and RNA isolation from biological specimens with integrity analysis, SNP genotyping (high throughput and single) and absolute and relative quantification of RNA expression. The core also provides access to a BioRad real-time PCR system, BioRad droplet digital PCR system and Leica Aperio Versa 200 digital slide scanning system.

Flow Cytometry

High-speed cell sorting of up to 4 subpopulations simultaneously, plate sorting of single-cell per well or desired number of cells per well, and multi-parameter (low to high) flow cytometry analysis for cellular profiling and deep immunophenotyping.

Mass Spectrometry

Services include molecular mass determination, protein identification, global/discovery proteomics (identification and relative quantification), interactomics, identification of sites of protein modification, and targeted small molecule analysis, all using HPLC-electrospray ionization mass spectrometers with high mass resolution and accuracy.

Optical Imaging

Acquisition and analysis of optical data and imaging of living cells, tissues, and animals.

Structural Biology

Advanced, high-field NMR instrumentation and detailed 3-D x-ray crystallography analyses for structural studies of biological macromolecules.

iLab for Institutional Cores

A secure portal for requesting and tracking services

Reserve an institutional core lab, track your project and related billing, and generate project reports.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

Responsible Conduct of Research

Access our support services for conducting research responsibly and stay informed on guidelines, policies and regulations set forth by the institution and governing agencies in the United States.

Conflict of Interest (iDisclose)

Use iDisclose to disclose any interactions with external entities that may be related to your job at UT Health San Antonio.

Responsible Research

Access information guides on ethical research conduct including: animal welfare, human subjects, data acquisition, data management, data sharing, conflict of interest and research misconduct.

Submit to IACUC (ORCA)

The new Online Research Compliance Assistant (ORCA), developed by the Office of the Vice President for Research, is the online protocol management system for the IACUC. It is designed to facilitate all aspects of the IACUC protocol review process.

Submit to IRB

Submit a new study to the Institutional Review Board for review and approval.

UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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UT Health San Antonio

Teresa R. & Joe Lozano Long School of Medicine

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
Map and directions

We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.

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Research

The technically complex nature of the molecular and biophysical studies conducted within the department demands sophisticated instrumentation which is housed in several core facilities, each of which operates under the guidance of an internationally recognized expert.

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Core facilities

We work at the interface between molecular structures and cell, tissue, and organ function to probe the essential molecular mechanisms of life and disease. Research in the labs of our faculty spans many disciplines, including:

  • Cancer Biochemistry/genomic integrity
  • Neurobiological Mechanisms
  • Parasite/Viral Mechanisms
  • Computational Biology, Bioinformatics
  • Enzymology/Metabolic Regulation
  • Proteomics and Metabolomics
  • Structural Biology
  • Intercellular Signaling pathways

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Biochemistry and Structural Biology

7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78226
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We make lives better ®

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care including health, dental and cancer services.

Web Privacy | Links from websites affiliated with UT Health's website (uthscsa.edu) to other websites do not constitute or imply university endorsement of those sites, their content, or products and services associated with those sites. The content on this website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Health information on this site is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat conditions. Consult a health care provider if you are in need of treatment.